Name: "Candidatus Gigantorickettsia" corrig. Vannini et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Gi.gan.to.rick.ett’si.a. Gr. masc. n. gigantos gigantis, giant; N.L. fem. n. Rickettsia, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Gigantorickettsia, a giant Rickettsia

Gender: feminine (stem: Gigantorickettsi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Gigantorickettsia flagellata" corrig. Vannini et al. 2014

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Vannini C, Boscaro V, Ferrantini F, Benken KA, Mironov TI, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Fokin SI, Sabaneyeva EV, Petroni G. Flagellar movement in two bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae: a re-evaluation of motility in an evolutionary perspective. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87718.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Gigarickettsia" Vannini et al. 2014	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Gigarickettsia" Vannini et al. 2014. Publication: Vannini C, Boscaro V, Ferrantini F, Benken KA, Mironov TI, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Fokin SI, Sabaneyeva EV, Petroni G. Flagellar movement in two bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae: a re-evaluation of motility in an evolutionary perspective. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87718.

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 Gigantorickettsia flagellata" corrig. Vannini et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vannini C, Boscaro V, Ferrantini F, Benken KA, Mironov TI, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Fokin SI, Sabaneyeva EV, Petroni G. Flagellar movement in two bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae: a re-evaluation of motility in an evolutionary perspective. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87718.

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Record number: 21918