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Genus "Candidatus Branchiomonas"
Name: "Candidatus Branchiomonas" Toenshoff et al. 2012
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: feminine (stem: Branchiomonad-), bran-khi-O-mo-nas
Type species: "Candidatus Branchiomonas cystocola" corrig. Toenshoff et al. 2012
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
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Brachiomonas".
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Branchiomonas cysticola" Toenshoff et al. 2012 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Branchiomonas cystocola" corrig. Toenshoff et al. 2012 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 21742
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