Name: "Candidatus Ichthyocystis" Seth-Smith et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ich.thy.o.cys’tis. Gr. masc. n. ichthys, fish [ikhthýs]; from Gr. fem. n. kystis, bladder; N.L. fem. n. Ichthyocystis, cyst of fish

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Ichthyocyst-), ikh-thy-o-KYS-tis

Effective publication: Seth-Smith HM, Dourala N, Fehr A, Qi W, Katharios P, Ruetten M, Mateos JM, Nufer L, Weilenmann R, Ziegler U, et al. Emerging pathogens of gilthead seabream: characterisation and genomic analysis of novel intracellular beta-proteobacteria. ISME J 2016; 10:1791-1803.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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: 4

Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 28414
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