Name: "Candidatus Aurora vandensis" Grettenberger et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: van.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. vandensis, of Lake Vanda, Antarctica, referring to the place where the organism was found

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wan-DEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: MP9P1

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Effective publication: Grettenberger CL, Sumner DY, Wall K, Brown CT, Eisen JA, Mackey TJ, Hawes I, Jospin G, Jungblut AD. A phylogenetically novel cyanobacterium most closely related to Gloeobacter. ISME J 2020; 14:2142-2152. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Cyanaurora vandensis" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Cyanaurora vandensis" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Aurora" Grettenberger et al. 2020. Publication: Grettenberger CL, Sumner DY, Wall K, Brown CT, Eisen JA, Mackey TJ, Hawes I, Jospin G, Jungblut AD. A phylogenetically novel cyanobacterium most closely related to Gloeobacter. ISME J 2020; 14:2142-2152. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Aurora" Grettenberger et al. 2020

Assigned by: Grettenberger CL, Sumner DY, Wall K, Brown CT, Eisen JA, Mackey TJ, Hawes I, Jospin G, Jungblut AD. A phylogenetically novel cyanobacterium most closely related to Gloeobacter. ISME J 2020; 14:2142-2152. 🇺🇸

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