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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Liberibacter capsica"

Name: "Candidatus Liberibacter capsica" Kwak et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. capsica, after the psyllid host R. capsici, from it was isolated [probably better: capsici]

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: P1-16

Original publication: Kwak Y, Sun P, Meduri VR, Percy DM, Mauck KE, Hansen AK. Uncovering Symbionts Across the Psyllid Tree of Life and the Discovery of a New Liberibacter Species, "Candidatus" Liberibacter capsica. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:739763. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

Assigned by: Kwak Y, Sun P, Meduri VR, Percy DM, Mauck KE, Hansen AK. Uncovering Symbionts Across the Psyllid Tree of Life and the Discovery of a New Liberibacter Species, "Candidatus" Liberibacter capsica. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:739763. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 24900

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