Name: "Candidatus Pokemonas" Solbach et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Po.ke’mo.nas. N.L. fem. n. Pokemonas, a portmanteau of Pokémon, a japanese video game franchise in which monsters can be caught in balls and carried in the pocket, and Gr. monas, single unit. This refers to the intracellular occurrence of the bacteria

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Pokemonad-), po-KE-mo-nas

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Solbach MD, Bonkowski M, Dumack K. Novel Endosymbionts in Rhizarian Amoebae Imply Universal Infection of Unrelated Free-Living Amoebae by Legionellales. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:642216.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Pokemonas abra" Solbach et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Pokemonas kadabra" Solbach et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Solbach MD, Bonkowski M, Dumack K. Novel Endosymbionts in Rhizarian Amoebae Imply Universal Infection of Unrelated Free-Living Amoebae by Legionellales. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:642216.

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Record number: 49983