Genus "Candidatus Comitans"

Name: "Candidatus Comitans" Jacobi et al. 1996

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Co’mi.tans. N.L. n. Comitans, accompanying

Pronunciation (Latin): KO-mi-tans

Type species: "Candidatus Comitans primus" Jacobi et al. 1996

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Jacobi CA, Reichenbach H, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. "Candidatus comitans," a bacterium living in coculture with Chondromyces crocatus (myxobacteria). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:119-122. 🇩🇪

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Jacobi et al. (1996) assigned this genus to the phylum "Bacteroidetes". Publication: Jacobi CA, Reichenbach H, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. "Candidatus comitans," a bacterium living in coculture with Chondromyces crocatus (myxobacteria). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:119-122. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction. 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.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Comitans primus" Jacobi et al. 1996	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: [Bacteroidota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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