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Genus "Candidatus Planktomarina"
Name: "Candidatus Planktomarina" Giebel et al. 2011
Etymology: Plank.to.ma.ri’na. Gr. masc. adj. planktos, wandering; L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea; N.L. fem. n. Planktomarina, belonging to marine plankton
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Planktomarin-), plank-to-ma-RI-na
Type species: "Candidatus Planktomarina temperata" Giebel et al. 2011
Effective publication:
Giebel HA, Kalhoefer D, Lemke A, Thole S, Gahl-Janssen R, Simon M, Brinkhoff T. Distribution of Roseobacter RCA and SAR11 lineages in the North Sea and characteristics of an abundant RCA isolate. ISME J 2011; 5:8-19. 
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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
Correct name: Planktomarina Giebel et al. 2013
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Planktomarina Giebel et al. 2013 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Planktomarina" is the pro-correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.
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 Planktomarina temperata" Giebel et al. 2011 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 21852
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