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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Bacteroides periodontitidicalifornicus"

Name: "Candidatus Bacteroides periodontitidicalifornicus" corrig. McLean et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pe.ri.o.don.ti.ti.di.ca.li.for’ni.cus. Gr. prep. peri, around; Gr. masc. n. odous (gen. odontos), tooth; N.L. fem. n. suff. -itis, suffix to denote a disease; N.L. masc. adj. californicus, Californian; N.L. masc. adj. periodontitidicalifornicus, referring to periodontitis in California

Pronunciation, gender: … pe-ri-o-don-ti-ti-di-ka-li-FOR-ni-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 12B

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: McLean JS, Liu Q, Thompson J, Edlund A, Kelley S. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Bacteroides periocalifornicus," a New Member of the Bacteriodetes Phylum Found within the Oral Microbiome of Periodontitis Patients. Genome Announc 2015; 3:0. 🇺🇸

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: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McLean JS, Liu Q, Thompson J, Edlund A, Kelley S. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Bacteroides periocalifornicus," a New Member of the Bacteriodetes Phylum Found within the Oral Microbiome of Periodontitis Patients. Genome Announc 2015; 3:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 22026
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