Genus "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbus"

Name: "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbus" corrig. McLean et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.pe.ri.o.don.to.mor’bus. Gr. masc. n. nânos, a dwarf; Gr. prep. peri, around; Gr. masc. n. odous, tooth; L. masc. n. morbus, disease; N.L. masc. n. Nanoperiodontomorbus, a dwarf organism from periodontal disease

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Nanoperiodontomorb-), na-no-pe-ri-o-don-to-MOR-bus

Type species: "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbus periodonticus" corrig. McLean et al. 2020

Effective publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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: 1

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nanoperiomorbaceae" McLean et al. 2020

Assigned by: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 28551
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