Name: "Candidatus Chaera" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Chae’ra. N.L. fem. n. Chaera, named after Arnaldo Chaer, a Brazilian microbial ecologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Chaer-), KHA͡E-ra

Type species: "Candidatus Chaera renei" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lemos LN, Medeiros JD, Dini-Andreote F, Fernandes GR, Varani AM, Oliveira G, Pylro VS. Genomic signatures and co-occurrence patterns of the ultra-small Saccharimonadia (phylum CPR/Patescibacteria) suggest a symbiotic lifestyle. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:4259-4271. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

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: 1

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Saccharimonadaceae" Lemos et al. 2019

Assigned by: Lemos LN, Medeiros JD, Dini-Andreote F, Fernandes GR, Varani AM, Oliveira G, Pylro VS. Genomic signatures and co-occurrence patterns of the ultra-small Saccharimonadia (phylum CPR/Patescibacteria) suggest a symbiotic lifestyle. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:4259-4271. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 11197
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