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Genus "Candidatus Profftella"
Name: "Candidatus Profftella" Nakabachi et al. 2013
Etymology: Proff.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Profftella, named after Joachim Profft, the German scientist who provided the first comprehensive histological description of psyllid-microbe symbiotic associations
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Profftell-), proff-TEL-la
Type species: "Candidatus Profftella armatura" Nakabachi et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Nakabachi A, Ueoka R, Oshima K, Teta R, Mangoni A, Gurgui M, Oldham NJ, van Echten-Deckert G, Okamura K, Yamamoto K, et al. Defensive bacteriome symbiont with a drastically reduced genome. Curr Biol 2013; 23:1478-1484. 
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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
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 Profftella armatura" Nakabachi et al. 2013 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 14452
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