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Genus "Candidatus Riesia"
Name: "Candidatus Riesia" Sasaki-Fukatsu et al. 2006
Etymology: Rie’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Riesia, named after Erich Ries, who first comprehensively investigated the endosymbiotic bacteria system in lice
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Riesi-), RIE-si-a
Type species: "Candidatus Riesia pediculicola" Sasaki-Fukatsu et al. 2006
Effective publication:
Sasaki-Fukatsu K, Koga R, Nikoh N, Yoshizawa K, Kasai S, Mihara M, Kobayashi M, Tomita T, Fukatsu T. Symbiotic bacteria associated with stomach discs of human lice. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:7349-7352. 
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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
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rieisa".
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Riesia pediculicola" Sasaki-Fukatsu et al. 2006 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Riesia pediculischaeffi" Allen et al. 2007 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Riesia pthiripubis" Allen et al. 2007 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sasaki-Fukatsu K, Koga R, Nikoh N, Yoshizawa K, Kasai S, Mihara M, Kobayashi M, Tomita T, Fukatsu T. Symbiotic bacteria associated with stomach discs of human lice. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:7349-7352. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 21821
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