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Genus "Candidatus Ignotibacter"
Name: "Candidatus Ignotibacter" corrig. George et al. 2020
Etymology: I.gno.ti.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. ignotus, unknown; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Ignotibacter, an unknown rod
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Ignotibacter-), i-n͡gno-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Ignotibacter abundans" corrig. George et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
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 Nesciobacter" George et al. 2020 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Nesciobacter" George et al. 2020.
Publication:
George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Nesciobacter" George et al. 2020.
Publication:
George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933.
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 Ignotibacter abundans" corrig. George et al. 2020 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006
Assigned by:
George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933.
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Record number: 28534
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