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Genus "Candidatus Gigarickettsia"
Name: "Candidatus Gigarickettsia" Vannini et al. 2014
Type species: "Candidatus Gigarickettsia flagellata" Vannini et al. 2014
Effective 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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Gigantorickettsia" corrig. Vannini et al. 2014
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Gigantorickettsia" corrig. Vannini et al. 2014 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Vannini et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
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.
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🧕 Vannini et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
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.
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 Gigarickettsia flagellata" Vannini et al. 2014 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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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: 21768
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