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Genus "Candidatus Tisiphia"
Name: "Candidatus Tisiphia" Davison et al. 2022
Etymology: Ti.si.phi.a. N.L. fem. n. Tisiphia, named after the fury Tisiphone
Gender: feminine (stem: Tisiphi-)
Original publication:
Davison HR, Pilgrim J, Wybouw N, Parker J, Pirro S, Hunter-Barnett S, Campbell PM, Blow F, Darby AC, Hurst GDD, et al. Genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and 'Candidatus Megaira' genera and proposal of genus status for the Torix group. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2630. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tisiphisa".
Parent taxon: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Davison HR, Pilgrim J, Wybouw N, Parker J, Pirro S, Hunter-Barnett S, Campbell PM, Blow F, Darby AC, Hurst GDD, et al. Genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and 'Candidatus Megaira' genera and proposal of genus status for the Torix group. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2630.
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Record number: 35814
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