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Species "Candidatus Legionella jeonii"
Name: "Candidatus Legionella jeonii" Park et al. 2004
Etymology: je.o’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. jeonii, named in honour of Kwang W. Jeon who discovered X-bacteria and pioneered the research on endosymbiosis of X-bacteria in Amoeba proteus
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … je-O-ni-i, feminine
Nomenclatural type: symbiont of A. proteus strain xD
16S rRNA gene:
AY598719
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Park M, Yun ST, Kim MS, Chun J, Ahn TI. Phylogenetic characterization of Legionella-like endosymbiotic X-bacteria in Amoeba proteus: a proposal for 'Candidatus Legionella jeonii' sp. nov. Environ Microbiol 2004; 6:1252-1263. 
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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: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Park M, Yun ST, Kim MS, Chun J, Ahn TI. Phylogenetic characterization of Legionella-like endosymbiotic X-bacteria in Amoeba proteus: a proposal for 'Candidatus Legionella jeonii' sp. nov. Environ Microbiol 2004; 6:1252-1263. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 800209
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