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]
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.