Name: "Candidatus Arsenophonus lipoptenae" corrig. Nováková et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: li.po.pte’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. lipoptenae, of the louse fly genus Lipoptena

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CB

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16S rRNA gene: CP013920 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Novakova E, Hypsa V, Nguyen P, Husnik F, Darby AC. Genome sequence of Candidatus Arsenophonus lipopteni, the exclusive symbiont of a blood sucking fly Lipoptena cervi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae). Stand Genomic Sci 2016; 11:72.

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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Arsenophonus lipopteni" Nováková et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The original spelling of this Candidatus name has been corrected by Oren (2017). Publication: Oren A. A plea for linguistic accuracy - also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094. Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Parent taxon: Arsenophonus Gherna et al. 1991

Assigned by: Novakova E, Hypsa V, Nguyen P, Husnik F, Darby AC. Genome sequence of Candidatus Arsenophonus lipopteni, the exclusive symbiont of a blood sucking fly Lipoptena cervi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae). Stand Genomic Sci 2016; 11:72.

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Record number: 800802