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Genus "Candidatus Rhizospheria"
Name: "Candidatus Rhizospheria" Nunes da Rocha 2010
Etymology: Rhi.zo.sphe’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Rhizospheria, The name of the proposed group is based on the repeated isolation of the cultured representatives of this group from the leek rhizosphere. [probably better: Rhizosphaeria]
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Rhizospheri-), rhi-zo-SPHE-ri-a
Original publication:
Nunes da Rocha U. Ecology of Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia in the plant-soil system. Unknown Publisher, Groningen, 2010. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: [Verrucomicrobiota, not assigned to family]
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 1697
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