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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Frankia alpina"

Name: "Candidatus Frankia alpina" Pozzi et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: al.pi’na. L. fem. adj. alpina, of or pertaining to the Alps

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: AiOr

16S rRNA gene: MN952610 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Pozzi ACM, Herrera-Belaroussi A, Schwob G, Bautista-Guerrero HH, Bethencourt L, Fournier P, Dubost A, Abrouk D, Normand P, Fernandez MP. Proposal of 'Candidatus Frankia alpina', the uncultured symbiont of Alnus alnobetula and A. incana that forms spore-containing nitrogen-fixing root nodules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5453-5459. 🇫🇷

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: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pozzi ACM, Herrera-Belaroussi A, Schwob G, Bautista-Guerrero HH, Bethencourt L, Fournier P, Dubost A, Abrouk D, Normand P, Fernandez MP. Proposal of 'Candidatus Frankia alpina', the uncultured symbiont of Alnus alnobetula and A. incana that forms spore-containing nitrogen-fixing root nodules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5453-5459. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 8899
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