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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Halichondriibacter symbioticus"

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Name: "Candidatus Halichondriibacter symbioticus" corrig. Knobloch et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: sym.bi.o’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. bioticus, pertaining to life; N.L. masc. adj. symbioticus, living together

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-li-khon-dri-i-BAK-ter sym-bi-O-ti-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Hp1; OTU1

16S rRNA gene: MH734183 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Knobloch S, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Bacterial diversity in the marine sponge Halichondria panicea from Icelandic waters and host-specificity of its dominant symbiont "Candidatus Halichondribacter symbioticus". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 🇮🇸

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Halichondriibacter" corrig. Knobloch et al. 2019

Assigned by: Knobloch S, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Bacterial diversity in the marine sponge Halichondria panicea from Icelandic waters and host-specificity of its dominant symbiont "Candidatus Halichondribacter symbioticus". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 🇮🇸

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Record number: 11981

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