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

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: phos’pha.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. phosphatis, of phosphate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ku-mu-li-BAK-ter PHOS-pha-tis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: R6

16S rRNA gene: AJ224937 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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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