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Species "Candidatus Captivus acidiprotistae"

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

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: a.ci.di.pro.tis’tae. L. neut. adj. acidum, the acid; N.L. neut. pl. n. Protista, protist (monocellular microbe); N.L. gen. fem. n. acidiprotistae, of an acid protist, indicating the acidophilic nature of the host [probably better: acidiprotisti]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kap-TI-wus a-ki-di-pro-TIS-ta͡e, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ASL45

16S rRNA gene: AF533506 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective 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

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

Taxonomic status: pro-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. 🇺🇸
    • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

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

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