Genus "Candidatus Spectririckettsia"

Name: "Candidatus Spectririckettsia" Castelli et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Spec.tri.ric.kett’si.a. L. neut. n. spectrum, image, ghost; N.L. fem. n. Rickettsia, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Spectririckettsia, an image of Rickettsia

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Spectririckettsi-), spek-tri-rik-KETT-si-a

Type species: "Candidatus Spectririckettsia obscura" Castelli et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Castelli M, Serra V, Senra MVX, Basuri CK, Soares CAG, Fokin SI, Modeo L, Petroni G. The Hidden World of Rickettsiales Symbionts: "Candidatus Spectririckettsia obscura," a Novel Bacterium Found in Brazilian and Indian Paramecium caudatum. Microb Ecol 2019; 77:748-758. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Spectririckettsia obscura" Castelli et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Castelli M, Serra V, Senra MVX, Basuri CK, Soares CAG, Fokin SI, Modeo L, Petroni G. The Hidden World of Rickettsiales Symbionts: "Candidatus Spectririckettsia obscura," a Novel Bacterium Found in Brazilian and Indian Paramecium caudatum. Microb Ecol 2019; 77:748-758. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 11676