Name: "Candidatus Gortzia" Boscaro et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Gor’tzi.a. N.L. fem. n. Gortzia, in honor of Professor Emeritus Hans-Dieter Görtz

Gender: feminine (stem: Gortzi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Gortzia infectiva" Boscaro et al. 2013

Original publication: Boscaro V, Fokin SI, Schrallhammer M, Schweikert M, Petroni G. Revised systematics of Holospora-like bacteria and characterization of "Candidatus Gortzia infectiva", a novel macronuclear symbiont of Paramecium jenningsi. Microb Ecol 2013; 65:255-267.

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

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Goertzia" corrig. Boscaro et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Goertzia" corrig. Boscaro et al. 2013	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boscaro et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006. Publication: Boscaro V, Fokin SI, Schrallhammer M, Schweikert M, Petroni G. Revised systematics of Holospora-like bacteria and characterization of "Candidatus Gortzia infectiva", a novel macronuclear symbiont of Paramecium jenningsi. Microb Ecol 2013; 65:255-267.
  • 🧕 Szokoli et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006. Publication: Szokoli F, Castelli M, Sabaneyeva E, Schrallhammer M, Krenek S, Doak TG, Berendonk TU, Petroni G. Disentangling the Taxonomy of Rickettsiales and Description of Two Novel Symbionts ("Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis" and "Candidatus Fokinia cryptica") Sharing the Cytoplasm of the Ciliate Protist Paramecium biaurelia. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:7236-7247.
  • 🧍 See also Serra et al. (2016). Publication: Serra V, Fokin SI, Castelli M, Basuri CK, Nitla V, Verni F, Sandeep BV, Kalavati C, Petroni G. "Candidatus Gortzia shahrazadis", a Novel Endosymbiont of Paramecium multimicronucleatum and a Revision of the Biogeographical Distribution of Holospora-Like Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1704.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Gortzia infectiva" Boscaro et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Gortzia shahrazadis" Serra et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Gortzia yakutica" Beliavskaia et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006

Assigned by: Boscaro V, Fokin SI, Schrallhammer M, Schweikert M, Petroni G. Revised systematics of Holospora-like bacteria and characterization of "Candidatus Gortzia infectiva", a novel macronuclear symbiont of Paramecium jenningsi. Microb Ecol 2013; 65:255-267.

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