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Genus "Candidatus Brownia"
Name: "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010
Type species: "Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola" Gruwell et al. 2010
Effective publication:
Gruwell ME, Hardy NB, Gullan PJ, Dittmar K. Evolutionary relationships among primary endosymbionts of the mealybug subfamily phenacoccinae (hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7521-7525. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Spencerbrownia" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Spencerbrownia" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧍 "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia d'Orbigny 1841. "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is also a later homonym of another genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia Adams 1858. "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is also a later homonym of yet another genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia Nunberg 1963. The name has been corrected to "Candidatus Spencerbrownia".
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 Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia d'Orbigny 1841. "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is also a later homonym of another genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia Adams 1858. "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is also a later homonym of yet another genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia Nunberg 1963. The name has been corrected to "Candidatus Spencerbrownia".
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola" Gruwell et al. 2010 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 21743
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