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Genus "Candidatus Puchtella"
Name: "Candidatus Puchtella" Fukatsu et al. 2009
Etymology: Puch.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Puchtella, named after Otto Puchta who identified the biological role of the human louse symbiont as the provision of B vitamins
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Puchtell-), pukh-TEL-la
Type species: "Candidatus Puchtella pediciniphila" corrig. Fukatsu et al. 2009
Effective publication:
Fukatsu T, Hosokawa T, Koga R, Nikoh N, Kato T, Hayama S, Takefushi H, Tanaka I. Intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:3796-3799. 
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Puchtella pediciniphila" corrig. Fukatsu et al. 2009 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Puchtella pedicinophila" Fukatsu et al. 2009 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 21816
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