Name: "Candidatus Actinochlamydia" Steigen et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray; N.L. fem. n. Chlamydia, taxonomic name of bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Actinochlamydia, type genus of the family

Gender: feminine (stem: Actinochlamydi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Actinochlamydia clariatis" corrig. Steigen et al. 2013

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Steigen A, Nylund A, Karlsbakk E, Akoll P, Fiksdal IU, Nylund S, Odong R, Plarre H, Semyalo R, Skar C, et al. 'Cand. Actinochlamydia clariae' gen. nov., sp. nov., a unique intracellular bacterium causing epitheliocystis in catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Uganda. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66840.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Actinochlamydiaceae" Steigen et al. 2013. Publication: Steigen A, Nylund A, Karlsbakk E, Akoll P, Fiksdal IU, Nylund S, Odong R, Plarre H, Semyalo R, Skar C, et al. 'Cand. Actinochlamydia clariae' gen. nov., sp. nov., a unique intracellular bacterium causing epitheliocystis in catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Uganda. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66840.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Borel N, Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 5 July 2018, Woudschoten, Zeist, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2606-2608.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia clariae" Steigen et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia clariatis" corrig. Steigen et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia pangasiae" Sood et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia pangasianodontis" corrig. Sood et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Actinochlamydiaceae" Steigen et al. 2013

Assigned by: Steigen A, Nylund A, Karlsbakk E, Akoll P, Fiksdal IU, Nylund S, Odong R, Plarre H, Semyalo R, Skar C, et al. 'Cand. Actinochlamydia clariae' gen. nov., sp. nov., a unique intracellular bacterium causing epitheliocystis in catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Uganda. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66840.

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