Name: "Candidatus Doolittlea endobia" Husnik and McCutcheon 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: en.do’bi.a. Gr. pref. endo-, inside; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. fem. n. endobia, living inside

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-DO-bi-a, feminine

Nomenclatural type: DEMHIR

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16S rRNA gene: LN999833 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Husnik F, McCutcheon JP. Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E5416-E5424. 🇺🇸

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Doolittlea" Husnik and McCutcheon 2016. Publication: Husnik F, McCutcheon JP. Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E5416-E5424. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Doolittlea" Husnik and McCutcheon 2016

Assigned by: Husnik F, McCutcheon JP. Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E5416-E5424. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 22302