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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Ardleyella"

Name: "Candidatus Ardleyella" Van Lill et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ard.ley.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Ardleyella, named in honour of Dr Julie Ardley of Murdoch University (Australia) for her significant contribution to understanding the legume-rhizobia symbiosis

Gender: feminine (stem: Ardleyell-)

Type species: "Candidatus Ardleyella xinjiangensis" (Meng et al. 2021) Van Lill et al. 2026

Original publication: van Lill M, Steenkamp ET, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Venter SN. Using the SeqCode to validate the names of reclassified lineages of rhizobia and agrobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126720. 🇿🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 1

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: van Lill M, Steenkamp ET, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Venter SN. Using the SeqCode to validate the names of reclassified lineages of rhizobia and agrobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126720. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 72169

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