Name: "Candidatus Berkiella aquae" Mehari et al. 2016
Etymology: a’quae. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Berkiella, after the US microbiologist, Sharon G. Berk, for her contributions to the study of interactions between protozoa and bacteria; 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 (Sarton, 1954; Bunson, 1991)
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Original 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.
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
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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