Name: "Candidatus Anaplasma sphenisci" Vanstreels et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: sphe.nis’ci. N.L. gen. masc. n. sphenisci, of Spheniscus, a systematic genus of penguins, indicating the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sphe-NIS-ki, neuter

Nomenclatural type: AP450

16S rRNA gene: MG748724 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vanstreels RET, Yabsley MJ, Parsons NJ, Swanepoel L, Pistorius PA. A novel candidate species of Anaplasma that infects avian erythrocytes. Parasit Vectors 2018; 11:525. 🇧🇷

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: Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vanstreels RET, Yabsley MJ, Parsons NJ, Swanepoel L, Pistorius PA. A novel candidate species of Anaplasma that infects avian erythrocytes. Parasit Vectors 2018; 11:525. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 2677
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