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Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Chlamydia corallus"

Name: "Candidatus Chlamydia corallus" Taylor-Brown et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. corallus, named for the genus of the Amazon Basin emerald tree boa in which it was detected

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: G3/2742-324

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Original publication: Taylor-Brown A, Spang L, Borel N, Polkinghorne A. Culture-independent metagenomics supports discovery of uncultivable bacteria within the genus Chlamydia. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10661.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Chlamydia coralli" corrig. Taylor-Brown et al. 2017

Parent taxon: Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Taylor-Brown A, Spang L, Borel N, Polkinghorne A. Culture-independent metagenomics supports discovery of uncultivable bacteria within the genus Chlamydia. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10661.

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Record number: 983
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