Name: "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" Liefting et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: so.la.na.ce.a’rum. N.L. fem. pl. n. Solanaceae, a botanical family; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. solanacearum, of the Solanaceae, referring to the family of plant hosts, capsicum, tomato, potato, tamarillo, cape gooseberry and chilli, from which the bacterium has been isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-be-ri-BAK-ter so-la-na-ke-A-rum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: NZ082226

16S rRNA gene: EU834130 Analysetree FASTA download

Pro-valid publication: Liefting LW, Weir BS, Pennycook SR, Clover GR. 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', associated with plants in the family Solanaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2274-2276. 🇳🇿

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Liefting LW, Weir BS, Pennycook SR, Clover GR. 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', associated with plants in the family Solanaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2274-2276. 🇳🇿

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Record number: 800103

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