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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Burkholderia leptophylla"

Name: "Candidatus Burkholderia leptophylla" Lemaire et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lep.to.phyl’la. N.L. fem. adj. leptophylla, name based on the specific epithet of the host plant Psychotria leptophylla [probably better: psychotriae or psychotriaeleptophyllae]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lep-to-PHYL-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: BR-Dessein et al. 3111A

Effective publication: Lemaire B, Vandamme P, Merckx V, Smets E, Dessein S. Bacterial leaf symbiosis in angiosperms: host specificity without co-speciation. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24430. 🇧🇪

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: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Lemaire B, Vandamme P, Merckx V, Smets E, Dessein S. Bacterial leaf symbiosis in angiosperms: host specificity without co-speciation. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24430. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 22360
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