Name: "Candidatus Amoebinatus massiliae" Greub et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 107750; isolate 6

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16S rRNA gene: AF531765 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Greub G, La Scola B, Raoult D. Amoebae-resisting bacteria isolated from human nasal swabs by amoebal coculture. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:470-477.

IJSEM list: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Amoebinatus massiliensis" corrig. Greub et al. 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Amoebinatus massiliensis" corrig. Greub et al. 2004	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: LMG 13028.
  • 🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name although growing in culture. Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Amoebinatus" Greub et al. 2004

Assigned by: Greub G, La Scola B, Raoult D. Amoebae-resisting bacteria isolated from human nasal swabs by amoebal coculture. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:470-477.

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Record number: 800427