Name: "Candidatus Purcelliella" Bressan et al. 2009
Category: Genus
Proposed as: Candidatus
Etymology:Pur.cel.li.el’la.N.L. fem. dim. n.Purcelliella, named after Alexander H. Purcell for his accomplished research in the ecology and biology of insects and their bacteria, including studies on symbionts of sap-feeding insects
Effective publication:
Bressan A, Arneodo J, Simonato M, Haines WP, Boudon-Padieu E. Characterization and evolution of two bacteriome-inhabiting symbionts in cixiid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Pentastirini). Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:3265-3279. 🇺🇸
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
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: 1