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Species "Candidatus Berkiella aquae"
Name: "Candidatus Berkiella aquae" Mehari et al. 2016
Etymology: a’quae. L. gen. fem. n. aquae, of water, referring to the source of isolation and for the Roman term, aquae, referring to settlements with mineral springs such as Aquae Sulis, now Bath, England, and Aquae Spadanae, near Liège, Belgium
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … A-kwa͡e, feminine
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY741401
Analyse
FASTA
Pro-valid publication:
Mehari YT, Jason Hayes B, Redding KS, Mariappan PVG, Gunderson JH, Farone AL, Farone MB. Description of 'Candidatus Berkiella aquae' and 'Candidatus Berkiella cookevillensis', two intranuclear bacteria of freshwater amoebae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:536-541. 
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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
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Berkiella" Mehari et al. 2016.
Publication:
Mehari YT, Jason Hayes B, Redding KS, Mariappan PVG, Gunderson JH, Farone AL, Farone MB. Description of 'Candidatus Berkiella aquae' and 'Candidatus Berkiella cookevillensis', two intranuclear bacteria of freshwater amoebae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:536-541. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 A type species was not chosen by its authors as the type species of its non-monotypic genus, but this species was designated as the type species in Appendix 3 of Candidatus List No. 7.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Berkiella" Mehari et al. 2016.
Publication:
Mehari YT, Jason Hayes B, Redding KS, Mariappan PVG, Gunderson JH, Farone AL, Farone MB. Description of 'Candidatus Berkiella aquae' and 'Candidatus Berkiella cookevillensis', two intranuclear bacteria of freshwater amoebae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:536-541.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Berkiella" Mehari et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Mehari YT, Jason Hayes B, Redding KS, Mariappan PVG, Gunderson JH, Farone AL, Farone MB. Description of 'Candidatus Berkiella aquae' and 'Candidatus Berkiella cookevillensis', two intranuclear bacteria of freshwater amoebae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:536-541. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 800442
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