Species "Candidatus Hepatobacter penaei"

Name: "Candidatus Hepatobacter penaei" Nunan et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pe.nae’i. N.L. masc. n. Penaeus, a genus of penaeid shrimp; N.L. gen. masc. n. penaei, of Penaeus vannamei, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pe-NA͡E-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: MX11

16S rRNA gene: JX981946 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Nunan LM, Pantoja CR, Gomez-Jimenez S, Lightner DV. "Candidatus Hepatobacter penaei," an intracellular pathogenic enteric bacterium in the hepatopancreas of the marine shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Crustacea: Decapoda). Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:1407-1409. 🇺🇸

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: "Candidatus Hepatobacter" Nunan et al. 2013

Assigned by: Nunan LM, Pantoja CR, Gomez-Jimenez S, Lightner DV. "Candidatus Hepatobacter penaei," an intracellular pathogenic enteric bacterium in the hepatopancreas of the marine shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Crustacea: Decapoda). Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:1407-1409. 🇺🇸

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