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Species "Candidatus Hafkinia simulans"
Name: "Candidatus Hafkinia simulans" Fokin et al. 2019
Etymology: si’mu.lans. L. fem. part. adj. simulans, imitating, because the infectious form of this endosymbiont resembles the diatoms eaten by its host ciliate
Pronunciation, gender: SI-mu-lans, feminine
Nomenclatural type: symbiont of Frontonia salmastra
Effective publication:
Fokin SI, Serra V, Ferrantini F, Modeo L, Petroni G. "Candidatus Hafkinia simulans" gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Holospora-Like Bacterium from the Macronucleus of the Rare Brackish Water Ciliate Frontonia salmastra (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora): Multidisciplinary Characterization of the New Endosymbiont and Its Host. Microb Ecol 2019; 77:1092-1106. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Hafkinia" Fokin et al. 2019.
Publication:
Fokin SI, Serra V, Ferrantini F, Modeo L, Petroni G. "Candidatus Hafkinia simulans" gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Holospora-Like Bacterium from the Macronucleus of the Rare Brackish Water Ciliate Frontonia salmastra (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora): Multidisciplinary Characterization of the New Endosymbiont and Its Host. Microb Ecol 2019; 77:1092-1106.
- 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Hafkinia" Fokin et al. 2019.
Publication:
Fokin SI, Serra V, Ferrantini F, Modeo L, Petroni G. "Candidatus Hafkinia simulans" gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Holospora-Like Bacterium from the Macronucleus of the Rare Brackish Water Ciliate Frontonia salmastra (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora): Multidisciplinary Characterization of the New Endosymbiont and Its Host. Microb Ecol 2019; 77:1092-1106.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Hafkinia" Fokin et al. 2019
Assigned by:
Fokin SI, Serra V, Ferrantini F, Modeo L, Petroni G. "Candidatus Hafkinia simulans" gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Holospora-Like Bacterium from the Macronucleus of the Rare Brackish Water Ciliate Frontonia salmastra (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora): Multidisciplinary Characterization of the New Endosymbiont and Its Host. Microb Ecol 2019; 77:1092-1106.
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Record number: 2430
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