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Genus "Candidatus Protistobacter"
Name: "Candidatus Protistobacter" Vannini et al. 2013
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine, pro-tis-to-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni" Vannini et al. 2013
Effective publication:
Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Verni F, Petroni G. A new obligate bacterial symbiont colonizing the ciliate Euplotes in brackish and freshwater: ‘Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni’. Aquat Microb Ecol 2013; 70:233-243. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Protistibacter" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Protistibacter" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni" Vannini et al. 2013 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmannii" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Verni F, Petroni G. A new obligate bacterial symbiont colonizing the ciliate Euplotes in brackish and freshwater: ‘Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni’. Aquat Microb Ecol 2013; 70:233-243. 🇮🇹
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Record number: 21913
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