Name: "Candidatus Fujishimia apicalis" Boscaro et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.pi.ca’lis. N.L. fem. adj. apicalis, pertaining to the top

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fu-ji-S͡HI-mi-a a-pi-KA-lis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ex Euplotes octocarinatus; symbiont of Euplotes octocarinatus population Eoc1/2

16S rRNA gene: LR585344 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boscaro V, Husnik F, Vannini C, Keeling PJ. Symbionts of the ciliate Euplotes: diversity, patterns and potential as models for bacteria-eukaryote endosymbioses. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20190693. 🇨🇦

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Fujishimia" Boscaro et al. 2019. Publication: Boscaro V, Husnik F, Vannini C, Keeling PJ. Symbionts of the ciliate Euplotes: diversity, patterns and potential as models for bacteria-eukaryote endosymbioses. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20190693. 🇨🇦
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Fujishimia" Boscaro et al. 2019

Assigned by: Boscaro V, Husnik F, Vannini C, Keeling PJ. Symbionts of the ciliate Euplotes: diversity, patterns and potential as models for bacteria-eukaryote endosymbioses. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20190693. 🇨🇦

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