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Genus "Candidatus Halichondriibacter"
Name: "Candidatus Halichondriibacter" corrig. Knobloch et al. 2019
Etymology: Ha.li.chon.dri.i.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. Halichondria, a sponge genus; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Halichondriibacter, a rod from Halichondria
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Halichondriibacter-), ha-li-khon-dri-i-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Halichondriibacter symbioticus" corrig. Knobloch et al. 2019
Effective publication:
Knobloch S, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Bacterial diversity in the marine sponge Halichondria panicea from Icelandic waters and host-specificity of its dominant symbiont "Candidatus Halichondribacter symbioticus". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Halichondribacter" Knobloch et al. 2019 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧕 Knobloch et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Knobloch S, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Bacterial diversity in the marine sponge Halichondria panicea from Icelandic waters and host-specificity of its dominant symbiont "Candidatus Halichondribacter symbioticus". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 🇮🇸
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Halichondribacter" Knobloch et al. 2019.
Publication:
Knobloch S, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Bacterial diversity in the marine sponge Halichondria panicea from Icelandic waters and host-specificity of its dominant symbiont "Candidatus Halichondribacter symbioticus". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 🇮🇸
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🧕 Knobloch et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Knobloch S, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Bacterial diversity in the marine sponge Halichondria panicea from Icelandic waters and host-specificity of its dominant symbiont "Candidatus Halichondribacter symbioticus". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0.
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 Halichondriibacter symbioticus" corrig. Knobloch et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 11360
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