Name: "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Li.be.ri.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. liber, free; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Liberibacter, free rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Liberibacter-), li-be-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Jagoueix S, Bove JM, Garnier M. The phloem-limited bacterium of greening disease of citrus is a member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:379-386.

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

Risk group: 1

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: 10

Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Fagen JR, Leonard MT, Coyle JF, McCullough CM, Davis-Richardson AG, Davis MJ, Triplett EW. Liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus Liberibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2461-2466.

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Record number: 36325
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