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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Chlorobium canadense"

Name: "Candidatus Chlorobium canadense" Tsuji et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ca.na.den’se. N.L. neut. adj. canadense, from or belonging to Canada

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khlo-RO-bi-um ka-na-DEN-se, neuter

Nomenclatural type: L304-6D

Effective publication: Tsuji JM, Tran N, Schiff SL, Venkiteswaran JJ, Molot LA, Tank M, Hanada S, Neufeld JD. Anoxygenic photosynthesis and iron-sulfur metabolic potential of Chlorobia populations from seasonally anoxic Boreal Shield lakes. ISME J 2020; 14:2732-2747. 🇨🇦

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: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tsuji JM, Tran N, Schiff SL, Venkiteswaran JJ, Molot LA, Tank M, Hanada S, Neufeld JD. Anoxygenic photosynthesis and iron-sulfur metabolic potential of Chlorobia populations from seasonally anoxic Boreal Shield lakes. ISME J 2020; 14:2732-2747. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 14327

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