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Genus "Candidatus Mikella"
Name: "Candidatus Mikella" Husnik and McCutcheon 2016
Etymology: Mi.kel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Mikella, named after the Canadian biochemist Michael W. Gray for his contributions to our understanding of organelle evolution
Gender: feminine (stem: Mikell-)
Type species: "Candidatus Mikella endobia" Husnik and McCutcheon 2016
Original publication:
Husnik F, McCutcheon JP. Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E5416-E5424. 
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
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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 Mikella endobia" Husnik and McCutcheon 2016 not validly published preferred name (not correct name)
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 22265
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