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Name: "Candidatus Megaira" Schrallhammer et al. 2013
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. Megaira
Gender: feminine (stem: Megair-)
Type species: "Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila" Schrallhammer et al. 2013
Effective publication:
Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.
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 Megaera" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013
Name | Kind |
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"Candidatus Megaera" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013 | corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP |
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila" Schrallhammer et al. 2013 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
"Candidatus Megaira telluris" Solbach et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Candidatus Megaira venefica" Lanzoni et al. 2019 | not validly published | orphaned species |
Parent taxon: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.
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Record number: 509