Genus "Candidatus Limnosphaera"

Name: "Candidatus Limnosphaera" Kim et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Lim.no.sphae’ra. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Limnosphaera, a globe from a lake

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Limnosphaer-), lim-no-SPHA͡E-ra

Type species: "Candidatus Limnosphaera aquatica" Kim et al. 2017

Effective publication: Kim S, Kang I, Cho JC. Genomic Analysis of a Freshwater Actinobacterium, "Candidatus Limnosphaera aquatica" Strain IMCC26207, Isolated from Lake Soyang. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 27:825-833. 🇰🇷

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: 1

Parent taxon: [Acidimicrobiales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 21783
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