Name: "Candidatus Blochmanniella camponoti" corrig. Sauer et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: cam.po.no’ti. N.L. masc. n. Camponotus, an ant genus; N.L. gen. masc. n. camponoti, of Camponotus, referring to the insect Camponotus japonicus Mayr from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: blokh-man-ni-EL-la kam-po-NO-ti, feminine

Nomenclatural type: symbiont of Camponotus herculeanus

16S rRNA gene: X92550 Analysetree FASTA download

Pro-valid publication: Sauer C, Stackebrandt E, Gadau J, Holldobler B, Gross R. Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1877-1886. 🇩🇪

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: "Candidatus Blochmanniella" corrig. Sauer et al. 2000

Assigned by: Sauer C, Stackebrandt E, Gadau J, Holldobler B, Gross R. Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1877-1886. 🇩🇪

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