Name: "Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola" McCutcheon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ci.ca.di.co.la. L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. cicadicola

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Dsem

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP001226 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: McCutcheon JP, McDonald BR, Moran NA. Origin of an alternative genetic code in the extremely small and GC-rich genome of a bacterial symbiont. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000565.

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

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Hodgkinia" McCutcheon et al. 2009. Publication: McCutcheon JP, McDonald BR, Moran NA. Origin of an alternative genetic code in the extremely small and GC-rich genome of a bacterial symbiont. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000565.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Hodgkinia" McCutcheon et al. 2009

Assigned by: McCutcheon JP, McDonald BR, Moran NA. Origin of an alternative genetic code in the extremely small and GC-rich genome of a bacterial symbiont. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000565.

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Record number: 800506