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Family "Candidatus Tenuibacteraceae"
Name: "Candidatus Tenuibacteraceae" Kroer et al. 2016
Etymology: Te.nu.i.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Tenuibacteraceae, the Tenuibacter family
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-nu-i-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Tenuibacter" Kroer et al. 2016
Effective publication:
Kroer P, Kjeldsen KU, Nyengaard JR, Schramm A, Funch P. A Novel Extracellular Gut Symbiont in the Marine Worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) Reveals an Alphaproteobacterial Symbiont Clade of the Ecdysozoa. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:539. 
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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
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Candidatus Hepatincolaceae" Szokoli et al. 2016.
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. 🇮🇹
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Candidatus Hepatincolaceae" Szokoli et al. 2016.
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Tenuibacter" Kroer et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kroer P, Kjeldsen KU, Nyengaard JR, Schramm A, Funch P. A Novel Extracellular Gut Symbiont in the Marine Worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) Reveals an Alphaproteobacterial Symbiont Clade of the Ecdysozoa. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:539. 🇩🇰
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Record number: 223
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