Genus "Candidatus Marinirickettsia"

Name: "Candidatus Marinirickettsia" Ohdera et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.ri.ni.ric.kett’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Rickettsia, a generic name; N.L. fem. n. Marinirickettsia

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Marinirickettsi-), ma-ri-ni-rik-KETT-si-a

Type species: "Candidatus Marinirickettsia aquamalans" Ohdera et al. 2024

Original publication: Ohdera AH, Mansbridge M, Wang M, Naydenkov P, Kamel B, Goentoro L. The microbiome of a Pacific moon jellyfish Aurelia coerulea. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298002. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ohdera et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ohdera AH, Mansbridge M, Wang M, Naydenkov P, Kamel B, Goentoro L. The microbiome of a Pacific moon jellyfish Aurelia coerulea. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298002. 🇺🇸
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Marinirickettsia aquamalans" Ohdera et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 48474