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Genus "Candidatus Aschnera"
Name: "Candidatus Aschnera" Hosokawa et al. 2012
Etymology: Asch’ne.ra. N.L. fem. n. Aschnera, named after Manfred Ashner who first described the endosymbionts of nycteribiid bat flies
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Aschner-), AS͡H-ne-ra
Type species: "Candidatus Aschnera chinzeii" Hosokawa et al. 2012
Effective publication:
Hosokawa T, Nikoh N, Koga R, Sato M, Tanahashi M, Meng XY, Fukatsu T. Reductive genome evolution, host-symbiont co-speciation and uterine transmission of endosymbiotic bacteria in bat flies. ISME J 2012; 6:577-587. 
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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
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 Aschnera chinzeii" Hosokawa et al. 2012 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 13399
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