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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Leucobacter sulfonamidivorax"

Name: "Candidatus Leucobacter sulfonamidivorax" corrig. Reis et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: sul.fo.na.mi.di’vo.rax. N.L. masc. adj. sulfonamidivorax

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sul-fo-na-mi-DI-wo-raks, masculine

Nomenclatural type: GP

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Reis AC, Kolvenbach BA, Chami M, Gales L, Egas C, Corvini PF, Nunes OC. Comparative genomics reveals a novel genetic organization of the sad cluster in the sulfonamide-degrader 'Candidatus Leucobacter sulfamidivorax' strain GP. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:885. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Leucobacter Takeuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: Reis AC, Kolvenbach BA, Chami M, Gales L, Egas C, Corvini PF, Nunes OC. Comparative genomics reveals a novel genetic organization of the sad cluster in the sulfonamide-degrader 'Candidatus Leucobacter sulfamidivorax' strain GP. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:885. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 12056
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