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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Campylobacter infantis"

Name: "Candidatus Campylobacter infantis" corrig. Bian et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: in.fan’tis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. infantis, of an infant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-FAN-tis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CGEMS

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Bian X, Garber JM, Cooper KK, Huynh S, Jones J, Mills MK, Rafala D, Nasrin D, Kotloff KL, Parker CT, et al. Campylobacter Abundance in Breastfed Infants and Identification of a New Species in the Global Enterics Multicenter Study. mSphere 2020; 5:0. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Campylobacter Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bian X, Garber JM, Cooper KK, Huynh S, Jones J, Mills MK, Rafala D, Nasrin D, Kotloff KL, Parker CT, et al. Campylobacter Abundance in Breastfed Infants and Identification of a New Species in the Global Enterics Multicenter Study. mSphere 2020; 5:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 28594
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