Name: "Arcocella aquatica" Nikitin 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, rainy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CIP 107990; DSM 17092; LMG 21963; NO-502

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16S rRNA gene: AJ535729 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Nikitin DI, Oranskaya MS, Pitryuk IA, Chernykh NA, Lysenko AM. A new ring-forming bacterium Arcocella aquatica gen. et sp. nov. Mikrobiologiya 1994; 63:152-159.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Arcicella aquatica Nikitin et al. 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcicella aquatica Nikitin et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Arcocella" Nikitin 1994. Publication: Nikitin DI, Oranskaya MS, Pitryuk IA, Chernykh NA, Lysenko AM. A new ring-forming bacterium Arcocella aquatica gen. et sp. nov. Mikrobiologiya 1994; 63:152-159.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: "Arcocella" Nikitin 1994

Assigned by: Nikitin DI, Oranskaya MS, Pitryuk IA, Chernykh NA, Lysenko AM. A new ring-forming bacterium Arcocella aquatica gen. et sp. nov. Mikrobiologiya 1994; 63:152-159.

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Record number: 57796