Name: "Candidatus Rubidus" Pagnier et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ru’bi.dus. N.L. masc. n. Rubidus, pertaining to the ruby, the precious gemstone that was the aspect of this bacterium when it was first observed under negative staining electron microscopy

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Rubid-), RU-bi-dus

Type species: "Candidatus Rubidus massiliensis" Pagnier et al. 2015

Effective publication: Pagnier I, Valles C, Raoult D, La Scola B. Isolation of Vermamoeba vermiformis and associated bacteria in hospital water. Microb Pathog 2015; 80:14-20.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rubidius".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CSUR: 1.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Rubidus massiliensis" Pagnier et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: [Chlamydiales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 28483