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Genus "Candidatus Macropleicola"
Name: "Candidatus Macropleicola" Kölsch et al. 2009
Etymology: Ma.cro.ple.i’co.la. N.L. fem. n. Macroplea, a genus of beetles; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Macropleicola, a dweller of Macroplea
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Macropleicol-), ma-kro-ple-I-ko-la
Type species: "Candidatus Macropleicola chrysomelidarum" corrig. Kölsch et al. 2009
Effective publication:
Kolsch G, Matz-Grund C, Pedersen BV. Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of endosymbionts of the reed beetle genus Macroplea (Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae), and proposal of "Candidatus Macropleicola appendiculatae" and "Candidatus Macropleicola muticae". Can J Microbiol 2009; 55:1250-1260. 
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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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Macropleiocola".
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: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Macropleicola appendiculatae" Kölsch et al. 2009 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Macropleicola chrysomelidarum" corrig. Kölsch et al. 2009 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Macropleicola donaciinarum" corrig. Kölsch et al. 2009 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Macropleicola macropleae" corrig. Kölsch et al. 2009 not validly published synonym "Candidatus Macropleicola muticae" Kölsch et al. 2009 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kolsch G, Matz-Grund C, Pedersen BV. Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of endosymbionts of the reed beetle genus Macroplea (Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae), and proposal of "Candidatus Macropleicola appendiculatae" and "Candidatus Macropleicola muticae". Can J Microbiol 2009; 55:1250-1260. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 22258
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