Genus "Candidatus Protochlamydia"

Name: "Candidatus Protochlamydia" Collingro et al. 2005

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Pro.to.chla.my’di.a. Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, first, foremost; N.L. fem. n. Chlamydia, taxonomic name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Protochlamydia, referring to the similarity of these bacteria to the chlamydial ancestor

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Protochlamydi-), pro-to-k^hla-MY-di-a

Type species: "Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila" Collingro et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Collingro A, Toenshoff ER, Taylor MW, Fritsche TR, Wagner M, Horn M. 'Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila', an endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1863-1866. 🇦🇹

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Protochlamydia" Horn 2010	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Protochlamydia" Horn 2010. Publication: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes). Springer, New York, NY, 2010. 🇺🇸
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Borel N, Bavoil P, Greub G, Horn M. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 9 April 2017, Charlotte, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3369-3370. 🇨🇭
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Chlamydiae: minutes of the inaugural closed meeting, 21 March 2009, Little Rock, AR, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2691-2693. 🇨🇭
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila" Collingro et al. 2005	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriiphila" corrig. Casson et al. 2008	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriophila" Casson et al. 2008	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Parachlamydiaceae Everett et al. 1999

Assigned by: Collingro A, Toenshoff ER, Taylor MW, Fritsche TR, Wagner M, Horn M. 'Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila', an endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1863-1866. 🇦🇹

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