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Species "Candidatus Accumulibacter meliphilus"
Name: "Candidatus Accumulibacter meliphilus" Petriglieri et al. 2022
Etymology: me.li’phi.lus. L. fem. n. meles, badger; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend; N.L. masc. adj. meliphilus, friend of the badger, indicating the badger mascot of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where the MAG was retrieved
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-LI-phi-lus, masculine
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Original publication:
Petriglieri F, Singleton CM, Kondrotaite Z, Dueholm MKD, McDaniel EA, McMahon KD, Nielsen PH. Reevaluation of the Phylogenetic Diversity and Global Distribution of the Genus "Candidatus Accumulibacter". mSystems 2022; 7:e0001622. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Accumulibacter" Hesselmann et al. 1999
Assigned by:
Petriglieri F, Singleton CM, Kondrotaite Z, Dueholm MKD, McDaniel EA, McMahon KD, Nielsen PH. Reevaluation of the Phylogenetic Diversity and Global Distribution of the Genus "Candidatus Accumulibacter". mSystems 2022; 7:e0001622. 🇩🇰
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Record number: 35930
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