Name: "Candidatus Captivus acidiprotistae" Baker et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: L. masc. adj. captivus, prisoner/captive. a.ci.di.pro.tis’ tae; L. neut. adj. acidum, the acid; N.L. neut. pl. n. Protista, protist (monocellular microbe); N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. acidiprotistae, of an acid protist, indicating the acidophilic nature of the host

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ASL45; no culture isolated

16S rRNA gene: AF533506 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Baker BJ, Hugenholtz P, Dawson SC, Banfield JF. Extremely acidophilic protists from acid mine drainage host Rickettsiales-lineage endosymbionts that have intervening sequences in their 16S rRNA genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:5512-5518.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Captivus" Baker et al. 2003. Publication: Baker BJ, Hugenholtz P, Dawson SC, Banfield JF. Extremely acidophilic protists from acid mine drainage host Rickettsiales-lineage endosymbionts that have intervening sequences in their 16S rRNA genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:5512-5518.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Captivus" Baker et al. 2003

Assigned by: Baker BJ, Hugenholtz P, Dawson SC, Banfield JF. Extremely acidophilic protists from acid mine drainage host Rickettsiales-lineage endosymbionts that have intervening sequences in their 16S rRNA genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:5512-5518.

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Record number: 800455