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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Fluviicola riflensis"

Name: "Candidatus Fluviicola riflensis" Banfield et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ri.flen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. riflensis, referring to Rifle

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: flu-wi-I-ko-la ri-FLEN-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

16S rRNA gene: CP022585 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Banfield JF, Anantharaman K, Williams KH, Thomas BC. Complete 4.55-Megabase-Pair Genome of "Candidatus Fluviicola riflensis," Curated from Short-Read Metagenomic Sequences. Genome Announc 2017; 5:0. 🇺🇸

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

Parent taxon: Fluviicola O'Sullivan et al. 2005

Assigned by: Banfield JF, Anantharaman K, Williams KH, Thomas BC. Complete 4.55-Megabase-Pair Genome of "Candidatus Fluviicola riflensis," Curated from Short-Read Metagenomic Sequences. Genome Announc 2017; 5:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 999

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