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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii"

Name: "Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii" Van Oevelen et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: kir’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kirkii, taken from the specific epithet of the host plant, Psychotria kirkii, which was named after its discoverer Sir John Kirk (1832-1922)

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: 19536779

16S rRNA gene: AF475063 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Van Oevelen S, De Wachter R, Vandamme P, Robbrecht E, Prinsen E. Identification of the bacterial endosymbionts in leaf galls of Psychotria (Rubiaceae, angiosperms) and proposal of 'Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii' sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2023-2027.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Paraburkholderia kirkii" Sawana et al. 2014

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Van Oevelen S, De Wachter R, Vandamme P, Robbrecht E, Prinsen E. Identification of the bacterial endosymbionts in leaf galls of Psychotria (Rubiaceae, angiosperms) and proposal of 'Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii' sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2023-2027.

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Record number: 800051
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