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Species "Candidatus Legionella polyplacis"
Name: "Candidatus Legionella polyplacis" Rihova et al. 2017
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. polyplacis, refers to the genus of its insect host, the louse Polyplax serrata
Nomenclatural type: endosymbiont of Polyplax serrata; PsAG
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
CP021497
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
Rihova J, Novakova E, Husnik F, Hypsa V. Legionella Becoming a Mutualist: Adaptive Processes Shaping the Genome of Symbiont in the Louse Polyplax serrata. Genome Biol Evol 2017; 9:2946-2957. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Rihova J, Novakova E, Husnik F, Hypsa V. Legionella Becoming a Mutualist: Adaptive Processes Shaping the Genome of Symbiont in the Louse Polyplax serrata. Genome Biol Evol 2017; 9:2946-2957.
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Record number: 2735
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