Name: "Candidatus Cyrtobacter comes" Vannini et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: co’mes. Gr. masc. adj. kyrtos, humped [because of cell shape]; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Cyrtobacter, a humped rod; L. masc./fem. n. comes, companion [of Polynucleobacter bacteria within Euplotes cell]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: endosymbiont of E. harpa strain BOD1

16S rRNA gene: FN552696 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Schleifer KH, Ludwig W, Verni F, Petroni G. "Candidatus anadelfobacter veles" and "Candidatus cyrtobacter comes," two new rickettsiales species hosted by the protist ciliate Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:4047-4054.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Cyrtobacter" Vannini et al. 2010. Publication: Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Schleifer KH, Ludwig W, Verni F, Petroni G. "Candidatus anadelfobacter veles" and "Candidatus cyrtobacter comes," two new rickettsiales species hosted by the protist ciliate Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:4047-4054.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Cyrtobacter" Vannini et al. 2010

Assigned by: Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Schleifer KH, Ludwig W, Verni F, Petroni G. "Candidatus anadelfobacter veles" and "Candidatus cyrtobacter comes," two new rickettsiales species hosted by the protist ciliate Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:4047-4054.

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