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Genus "Candidatus Metachlamydia"
Name: "Candidatus Metachlamydia" Corsaro et al. 2010
Etymology: Me.ta.chla.my’di.a. Gr. adv. meta, after, beside, among; N.L. fem. n. Chlamydia, a genus of bacteria; N.L. fem. n. Metachlamydia
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Metachlamydi-), me-ta-khla-MY-di-a
Type species: "Candidatus Metachlamydia lacustris" Corsaro et al. 2010
Original publication:
Corsaro D, Michel R, Walochnik J, Muller KD, Greub G. Saccamoeba lacustris, sp. nov. (Amoebozoa: Lobosea: Hartmannellidae), a new lobose amoeba, parasitized by the novel chlamydia 'Candidatus Metachlamydia lacustris' (Chlamydiae: Parachlamydiaceae). Eur J Protistol 2010; 46:86-95. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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 the Chlamydiae: minutes of the closed meeting, 21 June 2010, Hof bei Salzburg, Austria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2694. 🇨🇭
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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, 4 July 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:514-515. 🇨🇭
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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 the Chlamydiae: minutes of the closed meeting, 21 June 2010, Hof bei Salzburg, Austria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2694.
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 Metachlamydia lacustris" Corsaro et al. 2010 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Parachlamydiaceae Everett et al. 1999
Assigned by:
Corsaro D, Michel R, Walochnik J, Muller KD, Greub G. Saccamoeba lacustris, sp. nov. (Amoebozoa: Lobosea: Hartmannellidae), a new lobose amoeba, parasitized by the novel chlamydia 'Candidatus Metachlamydia lacustris' (Chlamydiae: Parachlamydiaceae). Eur J Protistol 2010; 46:86-95. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 10213
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