Name: "Candidatus Magnetococcus" Lefèvre et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.gne.to.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n. Magnês, pertaining to a magnet (gen. Magnêtos); N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Magnetococcus, the magnetic coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Magnetococc-), ma-n͡gne-to-KOK-kus

Type species: "Candidatus Magnetococcus marinus" Lefèvre et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lefevre CT, Viloria N, Schmidt ML, Posfai M, Frankel RB, Bazylinski DA. Novel magnetite-producing magnetotactic bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria. ISME J 2012; 6:440-450.

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: synonym

Correct name: Magnetococcus Bazylinski et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Magnetococcus Bazylinski et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Magnetococci".
  • ❗ "Candidatus Magnetococcus" is the pro-correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; JCM: 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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Magnetococcus marinus" Lefèvre et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Magnetococcus massalia" Ji et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Magnetococcus massiliensis" corrig. Ji et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Magnetococcus yuandaducum" Lin and Pan 2009	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Magnetococcus yuandaduensis" corrig. Lin and Pan 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Magnetococcaceae Bazylinski et al. 2013

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. — Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:801-808.

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Record number: 36347