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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Amoebinatus"

Name: "Candidatus Amoebinatus" Greub et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: A.moe.bi.na’tus. N.L. fem. n. amoeba, amoeba; from Gr. fem. n. amoibê, change, transformation; L. masc. adj. natus, born; N.L. masc. n. Amoebinatus, born from an amoeba

Gender: masculine (stem: Amoebinat-)

Type species: "Candidatus Amoebinatus massiliensis" corrig. Greub et al. 2004

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Greub G, La Scola B, Raoult D. Amoebae-resisting bacteria isolated from human nasal swabs by amoebal coculture. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:470-477.

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

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: 2

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Greub G, La Scola B, Raoult D. Amoebae-resisting bacteria isolated from human nasal swabs by amoebal coculture. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:470-477.

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Record number: 22233
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