Name: "Candidatus Comchoanobacter bicosticola" Needham et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: bi.cos.ti’co.la. N.L. fem. n. Bicosta, a choanoflagellate genus; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. bicosticola, a dweller of the choanoflagellate Bicosta

Pronunciation, gender: bi-kos-TI-ko-la, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Comchoano-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OM801198 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Needham DM, Poirier C, Bachy C, George EE, Wilken S, Yung CCM, Limardo AJ, Morando M, Sudek L, Malmstrom RR, et al. The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:1466-1479.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Comchoanobacter" Needham et al. 2022. Publication: Needham DM, Poirier C, Bachy C, George EE, Wilken S, Yung CCM, Limardo AJ, Morando M, Sudek L, Malmstrom RR, et al. The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:1466-1479.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Comchoanobacter" Needham et al. 2022

Assigned by: Needham DM, Poirier C, Bachy C, George EE, Wilken S, Yung CCM, Limardo AJ, Morando M, Sudek L, Malmstrom RR, et al. The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:1466-1479.

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Record number: 30032