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Genus "Candidatus Ovatibacter"
Name: "Candidatus Ovatibacter" corrig. Dirren and Posch 2016
Etymology: O.va.ti.bac’ter. L. masc. perf. part. ovatus, egg-shaped; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Ovatibacter, an egg-shaped rod
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Ovatibacter-), o-wa-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Ovatibacter antiquus" corrig. Dirren and Posch 2016
Effective publication:
Dirren S, Posch T. Promiscuous and specific bacterial symbiont acquisition in the amoeboid genus Nuclearia (Opisthokonta). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:0. 
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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 Ovatusbacter" Dirren and Posch 2016 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 Ovatusbacter" Dirren and Posch 2016.
Publication:
Dirren S, Posch T. Promiscuous and specific bacterial symbiont acquisition in the amoeboid genus Nuclearia (Opisthokonta). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:0. 🇨🇭
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Ovatusbacter" Dirren and Posch 2016.
Publication:
Dirren S, Posch T. Promiscuous and specific bacterial symbiont acquisition in the amoeboid genus Nuclearia (Opisthokonta). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:0.
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 Ovatibacter antiquus" corrig. Dirren and Posch 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 21951
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