Species "Candidatus Blochmanniella vafra"

Name: "Candidatus Blochmanniella vafra" corrig. Williams and Wernegreen 2010

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: va’fra. L. fem. adj. vafra, sly, cunning, based on the specific epithet of the host Camponotus vafer

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: blok^h-man-ni-EL-la WA-fra, feminine

Nomenclatural type: BVAF

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP002189 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Williams LE, Wernegreen JJ. Unprecedented loss of ammonia assimilation capability in a urease-encoding bacterial mutualist. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:687. 🇺🇸

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 vafer" Williams and Wernegreen 2010	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

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

Assigned by: Williams LE, Wernegreen JJ. Unprecedented loss of ammonia assimilation capability in a urease-encoding bacterial mutualist. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:687. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 22028