Name: "Candidatus Branchiomonas" Toenshoff et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Bran.chi.o’mo.nas. Gr. neut. n. branchion, gill; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Branchiomonas, a monad from gills

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Branchiomonad-), bran-khi-O-mo-nas

Type species: "Candidatus Branchiomonas cystocola" corrig. Toenshoff et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Toenshoff ER, Kvellestad A, Mitchell SO, Steinum T, Falk K, Colquhoun DJ, Horn M. A novel betaproteobacterial agent of gill epitheliocystis in seawater farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). PLoS One 2012; 7:e32696. 🇳🇴

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: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 21742

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