Name: "Candidatus Hepatincolaceae" Szokoli et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: He.pat.in.co.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Hepatincola, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Hepatincolaceae, the family of genus Candidatus Hepatincola

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-pat-in-ko-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Hepatincola" Wang et al. 2004

Effective publication: Szokoli F, Castelli M, Sabaneyeva E, Schrallhammer M, Krenek S, Doak TG, Berendonk TU, Petroni G. Disentangling the Taxonomy of Rickettsiales and Description of Two Novel Symbionts ("Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis" and "Candidatus Fokinia cryptica") Sharing the Cytoplasm of the Ciliate Protist Paramecium biaurelia. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:7236-7247. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Emendations:
  • Castelli and Petroni 2025 Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned this family to the order Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
  • 🧒 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned the genus "Candidatus Tenuibacter" Kroer et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hepanticolaceae"; "Hepaticolaceae".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Hepatincola" Wang et al. 2004	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Holosporales Szokoli et al. 2020

Assigned by: Szokoli F, Castelli M, Sabaneyeva E, Schrallhammer M, Krenek S, Doak TG, Berendonk TU, Petroni G. Disentangling the Taxonomy of Rickettsiales and Description of Two Novel Symbionts ("Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis" and "Candidatus Fokinia cryptica") Sharing the Cytoplasm of the Ciliate Protist Paramecium biaurelia. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:7236-7247. 🇮🇹

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