Name: "Candidatus Blochmanniella pennsylvanica" corrig. Degnan et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: penn.syl.va’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. pennsylvanica, Pennsylvanian

Pronunciation, gender: penn-syl-WA-ni-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: BPEN

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16S rRNA gene: CP000016 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Degnan PH, Lazarus AB, Wernegreen JJ. Genome sequence of Blochmannia pennsylvanicus indicates parallel evolutionary trends among bacterial mutualists of insects. Genome Res 2005; 15:1023-1033.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Blochmannia pennsylvanicus" Degnan et al. 2005	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

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

Assigned by: Degnan PH, Lazarus AB, Wernegreen JJ. Genome sequence of Blochmannia pennsylvanicus indicates parallel evolutionary trends among bacterial mutualists of insects. Genome Res 2005; 15:1023-1033.

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Record number: 22027