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Genus "Candidatus Occultibacter"
Name: "Candidatus Occultibacter" corrig. Schulz et al. 2015
Etymology: Oc.cul.ti.bac’ter. L. masc. perf. part. occultus, hidden; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Occultibacter, a hidden rod
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Occultibacter-), ok-kul-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Occultibacter vannellae" corrig. Schulz et al. 2015
Effective publication:
Schulz F, Tyml T, Pizzetti I, Dykova I, Fazi S, Kostka M, Horn M. Marine amoebae with cytoplasmic and perinuclear symbionts deeply branching in the Gammaproteobacteria. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13381. 
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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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Occultobacter" Schulz et al. 2015 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Occultobacter" Schulz et al. 2015.
Publication:
Schulz F, Tyml T, Pizzetti I, Dykova I, Fazi S, Kostka M, Horn M. Marine amoebae with cytoplasmic and perinuclear symbionts deeply branching in the Gammaproteobacteria. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13381.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Occultobacter" Schulz et al. 2015.
Publication:
Schulz F, Tyml T, Pizzetti I, Dykova I, Fazi S, Kostka M, Horn M. Marine amoebae with cytoplasmic and perinuclear symbionts deeply branching in the Gammaproteobacteria. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13381.
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 Occultibacter vannellae" corrig. Schulz et al. 2015 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Schulz F, Tyml T, Pizzetti I, Dykova I, Fazi S, Kostka M, Horn M. Marine amoebae with cytoplasmic and perinuclear symbionts deeply branching in the Gammaproteobacteria. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13381.
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Record number: 21943
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