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Genus "Candidatus Blochmannia"
Name: "Candidatus Blochmannia" Sauer et al. 2000
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
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Blochmanniella" corrig. Sauer et al. 2000
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Blochmanniella" corrig. Sauer et al. 2000 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧍 "Candidatus Blochmannia" Sauer et al. 2000 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the botanical (plant) nomenclature: Blochmannia Rchb. 1828. In the event that this genus name became validly published, it would be illegitimate. "Candidatus Blochmanniella" has been suggested. — 🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction.
Publication:
Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.
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🧍 "Candidatus Blochmannia" Sauer et al. 2000 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the botanical (plant) nomenclature: Blochmannia Rchb. 1828. In the event that this genus name became validly published, it would be illegitimate. "Candidatus Blochmanniella" has been suggested. — 🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction.
Publication:
Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.
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
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Child taxa:
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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