Name: "Candidatus Tokpelaia" Neuvonen et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Tok.pe.la’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Tokpelaia, named after Tokpela, the First World of Hopi cosmogony. During Tokpela’s destruction by fire the Ant People sheltered the First People. The proposed genus name refers to the resemblance of the hosting provided by ants to the bacterium

Gender: feminine (stem: Tokpelai-)

Type species: "Candidatus Tokpelaia hoelldobleri" corrig. Neuvonen et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Neuvonen MM, Tamarit D, Naslund K, Liebig J, Feldhaar H, Moran NA, Guy L, Andersson SG. The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39197.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Neuvonen et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Neuvonen MM, Tamarit D, Naslund K, Liebig J, Feldhaar H, Moran NA, Guy L, Andersson SG. The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39197.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Tokpelaia hoelldobleri" corrig. Neuvonen et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Tokpelaia hoelldoblerii" Neuvonen et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Neuvonen MM, Tamarit D, Naslund K, Liebig J, Feldhaar H, Moran NA, Guy L, Andersson SG. The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39197.

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