Name: "Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis" Hesselmann et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: phos.pha’tis. L. inf. v. accumulare, to accumulate; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. n. bakterium, small rod; L. gen. n. phosphatis, of phosphate; N.L. masc. n. Accumulibacter, a rod-shaped bacterium which accumulates

Gender: masculine

Type strain: R6

16S rRNA gene: AJ224937 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hesselmann RP, Werlen C, Hahn D, van der Meer JR, Zehnder AJ. Enrichment, phylogenetic analysis and detection of a bacterium that performs enhanced biological phosphate removal in activated sludge. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:454-465.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Accumulibacter" Hesselmann et al. 1999. Publication: Hesselmann RP, Werlen C, Hahn D, van der Meer JR, Zehnder AJ. Enrichment, phylogenetic analysis and detection of a bacterium that performs enhanced biological phosphate removal in activated sludge. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:454-465.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Accumulibacter" Hesselmann et al. 1999

Assigned by: Hesselmann RP, Werlen C, Hahn D, van der Meer JR, Zehnder AJ. Enrichment, phylogenetic analysis and detection of a bacterium that performs enhanced biological phosphate removal in activated sludge. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:454-465.

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