Name: "Candidatus Desulfobulbus rimicarensis" Jiang et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ri.mi.ca.ren’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. rimicarensis, referring to Rimicaris exoculata, the host shrimp where the species was found [incorrectly formed: not a location]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DR15

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Original publication: Jiang L, Liu X, Dong C, Huang Z, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Alain K, Gu L, Wang S, Shao Z. "Candidatus Desulfobulbus rimicarensis," an Uncultivated Deltaproteobacterial Epibiont from the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Desulfobulbus rimicaridis" corrig. Jiang et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Desulfobulbus rimicaridis" corrig. Jiang et al. 2020	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Jiang L, Liu X, Dong C, Huang Z, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Alain K, Gu L, Wang S, Shao Z. "Candidatus Desulfobulbus rimicarensis," an Uncultivated Deltaproteobacterial Epibiont from the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.

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Record number: 1616