Name: Pseudocaedibacter Quackenbush 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.cae.di.bac’ter. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. masc. n. Caedibacter, genus of endosymbionts that include organisms commonly known as kappa; N.L. masc. n. Pseudocaedibacter, false Caedibacter, false kappa particles

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pseudocaedibacter-), pse͡u-do-ka͡e-di-BAK-ter

Type species: Pseudocaedibacter conjugatus (ex Preer et al. 1974) Quackenbush 1982

Effective publication: Quackenbush RL. Genetic relationships among bacterial endosymbionts of Paramecium aurelia. Deoxyribonucleotide sequence relationships among members of Caedobacter. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1978; 108:181-187.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudocacdibacter"; "Pseudocaedlbacter"; "Pseudoeaedibaeter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 3.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PSCD" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudocaedibacter conjugatus (ex Preer et al. 1974) Quackenbush 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudocaedibacter falsus (ex Preer et al. 1974) Quackenbush 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudocaedibacter minutus (ex Preer et al. 1974) Quackenbush 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006

Assigned by: Görtz HD, Schmidt HJ. Family III. Holosporaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 146-149. 🇺🇸

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