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

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: van.de’nsis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. vandensis, of Lake Vanda, Antarctica, referring to the place where the organism was found

Gender: feminine

Type strain: MP9P1

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Original 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

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Cyanaurora vandensis" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Cyanaurora vandensis" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• 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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Record number: 23182