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Genus "Candidatus Westeberhardia"
Name: "Candidatus Westeberhardia" Klein et al. 2016
Etymology: Wes.te.be.rhar’di.a. N.L. fem. n. Westeberhardia, named after Mary Jane West-Eberhard for her research in evolutionary developmental biology
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Westeberhardi-), wes-te-be-RHAR-di-a
Type species: "Candidatus Westeberhardia cardiocondylae" Klein et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Klein A, Schrader L, Gil R, Manzano-Marin A, Florez L, Wheeler D, Werren JH, Latorre A, Heinze J, Kaltenpoth M, et al. A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. ISME J 2016; 10:376-388. 
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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 Westeberhardia cardiocondylae" Klein et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Klein A, Schrader L, Gil R, Manzano-Marin A, Florez L, Wheeler D, Werren JH, Latorre A, Heinze J, Kaltenpoth M, et al. A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. ISME J 2016; 10:376-388. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 21844
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