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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Blochmannia"

Name: "Candidatus Blochmannia" Sauer et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: feminine

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Pro-valid publication: Sauer C, Stackebrandt E, Gadau J, Holldobler B, Gross R. Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1877-1886. 🇩🇪

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Blochmanniella" corrig. Sauer et al. 2000

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: 11

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sauer C, Stackebrandt E, Gadau J, Holldobler B, Gross R. Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1877-1886. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 521613

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