Genus "Candidatus Procaibacter"

Name: "Candidatus Procaibacter" corrig. Horn et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Pro.ca.i.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Procaibacter, a Candidatus genus name

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Procaibacter-), pro-ka-i-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Procaibacter acanthamoebae" corrig. Horn et al. 2002

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Horn M, Fritsche TR, Linner T, Gautom RK, Harzenetter MD, Wagner M. Obligate bacterial endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. related to the beta-Proteobacteria: proposal of 'Candidatus Procabacter acanthamoebae' gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:599-605. 🇩🇪

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

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 Procaibacteraceae" corrig. Garrity et al. 2003

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn TG. Taxonomic Outline of the Procaryotes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Release 4.0. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 521879
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