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Genus "Candidatus Tammella"
Name: "Candidatus Tammella" Hongoh et al. 2007
Etymology: Tam.mel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Tammella, name honoring Sidney L. Tamm, a contemporary American cytologist, for his discovery of the symbiosis in which this bacterium confers motility
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Tammell-), tam-MEL-la
Type species: "Candidatus Tammella caduceiae" Hongoh et al. 2007
Effective publication:
Hongoh Y, Sato T, Dolan MF, Noda S, Ui S, Kudo T, Ohkuma M. The motility symbiont of the termite gut flagellate Caduceia versatilis is a member of the "Synergistes" group. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:6270-6276. 
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
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Tammella caduceiae" Hongoh et al. 2007 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteroidales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 10056
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