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Genus "Candidatus Liberobacter"
Name: "Candidatus Liberobacter" Jagoueix et al. 1994
Etymology: Li.be.ro.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. Liberobacter, from the Latin liber [bark] and bacter [bacteria]
Gender, pronunciation: masculine, li-be-ro-BAK-ter
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. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Jagoueix et al. (1994) assigned this genus to the class "Alphaproteobacteria".
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. 🇫🇷
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🧕 Jagoueix et al. (1994) assigned this genus to the class "Alphaproteobacteria".
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.
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: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Liberobacter africanum" Murray and Stackebrandt 1995 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Liberobacter africanum" Jagoueix et al. 1994 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Liberobacter asiaticum" Jagoueix et al. 1994 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
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: 7972
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