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Genus "Candidatus Carsonella"
Name: "Candidatus Carsonella" Thao et al. 2000
Etymology: Car.so.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Carsonella, refers to Rachel Carson, an American naturalist and author of Silent Spring
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Carsonell-), kar-so-NEL-la
Type species: "Candidatus Carsonella ruddii" Thao et al. 2000
Effective publication:
Thao ML, Moran NA, Abbot P, Brennan EB, Burckhardt DH, Baumann P. Cospeciation of psyllids and their primary prokaryotic endosymbionts. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:2898-2905. 
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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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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 Carsonella ruddii" Thao et al. 2000 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 521760
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