Name: "Candidatus Xiphinematobacter" Vandekerckhove et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Xi.phi.ne.ma.to.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. Xiphinema, the generic name of the host organism, gen. Xiphinematos, stem Xiphinemat-; Gro, connecting vowel; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Xiphinematobacter, the rod-shaped microbe associated with Xiphinema

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Xiphinematobacter-), ksi-phi-ne-ma-to-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Xiphinematobacter longidoridarum" corrig. Vandekerckhove et al. 2000

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Vandekerckhove TT, Willems A, Gillis M, Coomans A. Occurrence of novel verrucomicrobial species, endosymbiotic and associated with parthenogenesis in Xiphinema americanum-group species (Nematoda, Longidoridae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2197-2205. 🇧🇪

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

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: 5

Parent taxon: "Chthoniobacteraceae" Sangwan et al. 2004

Assigned by: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25. 🇺🇸

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