Name: "Cytoecetes" Tyzzer 1938

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cyt.oe.ce.tes. N.L. masc. n. Cytoecetes

Gender: masculine (stem: Cytoecet-)

Type species: "Cytoecetes microti" Tyzzer 1938

Original publication: Tyzzer EE. Cytoecetes microti n. gen. n. sp. A parasite developing in granulocytes and infective for small rodents. Parasitology 1938; 30:242-257.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cytcecetes"; "Cytoccetes"; "Cytocetes"; "Cytoscetes".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CTCT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    "Cytoecetes microti" Tyzzer 1938	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.

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Record number: 7633