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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original 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

• 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	orthographic variant
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia clariatis" corrig. Steigen et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia pangasiae" Sood et al. 2018	orthographic variant
    "Candidatus Actinochlamydia pangasianodontis" corrig. Sood et al. 2018	not validly published

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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