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Genus "Candidatus Mesochlamydia"
Name: "Candidatus Mesochlamydia" Corsaro et al. 2013
Etymology: Me.so.chla.my’di.a. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. fem. n. Chlamydia, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Mesochlamydia, middle (intermediate genus level lineage) Chlamydia
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Mesochlamydi-), me-so-khla-MY-di-a
Type species: "Candidatus Mesochlamydia elodeae" Corsaro et al. 2013
Effective publication:
Corsaro D, Muller KD, Wingender J, Michel R. "Candidatus Mesochlamydia elodeae" (Chlamydiae: Parachlamydiaceae), a novel chlamydia parasite of free-living amoebae. Parasitol Res 2013; 112:829-838. 
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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:
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 21 March 2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:510-511. 🇨🇭
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 21 March 2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:510-511.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Mesochlamydia elodeae" Corsaro et al. 2013 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Parachlamydiaceae Everett et al. 1999
Assigned by:
Corsaro D, Muller KD, Wingender J, Michel R. "Candidatus Mesochlamydia elodeae" (Chlamydiae: Parachlamydiaceae), a novel chlamydia parasite of free-living amoebae. Parasitol Res 2013; 112:829-838. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 21789
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