Name: "Candidatus Sulcia" Moran et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: feminine

Type species: "Candidatus Sulcia muelleri" Moran et al. 2005

Effective publication: Moran NA, Tran P, Gerardo NM. Symbiosis and insect diversification: an ancient symbiont of sap-feeding insects from the bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:8802-8810. 🇺🇸

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Karelsulcia" corrig. Moran et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Karelsulcia" corrig. Moran et al. 2005	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Sulcia Kratochvíl, 1938 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 "Candidatus Sulcia" Moran et al. 2005 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Sulcia Kratochvíl, 1938. The name has been corrected to "Candidatus Karelsulcia". Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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 Sulcia muelleri" Moran et al. 2005	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: [Bacteroidota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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