Name: "Candidatus Jidaibacter" Schulz et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ji.da.i.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Jidaibacter, a rod associated with Jidai, derived from Japanese ‘Era’ and resembling a character name (the Jedi) in George Lucas’ Star Wars saga

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Jidaibacter-), ji-da-i-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Jidaibacter acanthamoebae" corrig. Schulz et al. 2016

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schulz F, Martijn J, Wascher F, Lagkouvardos I, Kostanjsek R, Ettema TJ, Horn M. A Rickettsiales symbiont of amoebae with ancient features. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:2326-2342. 🇦🇹

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: 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: 2

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" Montagna et al. 2013

Assigned by: Schulz F, Martijn J, Wascher F, Lagkouvardos I, Kostanjsek R, Ettema TJ, Horn M. A Rickettsiales symbiont of amoebae with ancient features. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:2326-2342. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 21777
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