Name: "Candidatus Ignotibacter abundans" corrig. George et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.bun’dans. L. masc. part. adj. abundans, abundant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: i-n͡gno-ti-BAK-ter a-BUN-dans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 1604HC

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP043314 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933. 🇨🇦

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nesciobacter abundans" George et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Ignotibacter" corrig. George et al. 2020. Publication: George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933. 🇨🇦
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Ignotibacter" corrig. George et al. 2020

Assigned by: George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933. 🇨🇦

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