Name: "Candidatus Actinobaculum timonae" Drancourt et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ti’mo.nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. timonae, of Timone, referring to l’Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-BA-ku-lum TI-mo-na͡e, neuter

Nomenclatural type: EL030

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16S rRNA gene: AY008311 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Drancourt M, Berger P, Raoult D. Systematic 16S rRNA gene sequencing of atypical clinical isolates identified 27 new bacterial species associated with humans. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:2197-2202. 🇫🇷

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: Actinobaculum Lawson et al. 1997

Assigned by: Drancourt M, Berger P, Raoult D. Systematic 16S rRNA gene sequencing of atypical clinical isolates identified 27 new bacterial species associated with humans. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:2197-2202. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 800181