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Species "Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii"
Name: "Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii" Van Oevelen et al. 2002
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)
Pronunciation, gender: KIR-ki-i, feminine
16S rRNA gene:
AF475063
Analyse
FASTA
Pro-valid 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. 
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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
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Paraburkholderia kirkii" Sawana et al. 2014
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Paraburkholderia kirkii" Sawana et al. 2014 homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Burkholderia.
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🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List.
Publication:
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.
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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