Name: "Candidatus Midichloria" Sassera et al. 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Mi.di.chlo’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Midichloria, derived from the midichlorians, organisms within the fictional Star Wars universe

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Midichlori-), mi-di-K^HLO-ri-a

Type species: "Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii" Sassera et al. 2006

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Sassera D, Beninati T, Bandi C, Bouman EA, Sacchi L, Fabbi M, Lo N. 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2535-2540. 🇦🇺

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" Montagna et al. 2013. Publication: Montagna M, Sassera D, Epis S, Bazzocchi C, Vannini C, Lo N, Sacchi L, Fukatsu T, Petroni G, Bandi C. "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an ecologically widespread clade of intracellular alphaproteobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:3241-3248. 🇮🇹
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Midichlorii".

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Midichloria massiliensis" Molina-Garza et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii" Sassera et al. 2006	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" Montagna et al. 2013

Assigned by: Montagna M, Sassera D, Epis S, Bazzocchi C, Vannini C, Lo N, Sacchi L, Fukatsu T, Petroni G, Bandi C. "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an ecologically widespread clade of intracellular alphaproteobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:3241-3248. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 3116