Name: "Candidatus Limnosphaera aquatica" Kim et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living, growing, or found in or by water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lim-no-SP^HA͡E-ra a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: IMCC 26207

16S rRNA gene: LCZK01000010 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim S, Kang I, Cho JC. Genomic Analysis of a Freshwater Actinobacterium, "Candidatus Limnosphaera aquatica" Strain IMCC26207, Isolated from Lake Soyang. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 27:825-833. 🇰🇷

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Limnosphaera" Kim et al. 2017. Publication: Kim S, Kang I, Cho JC. Genomic Analysis of a Freshwater Actinobacterium, "Candidatus Limnosphaera aquatica" Strain IMCC26207, Isolated from Lake Soyang. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 27:825-833. 🇰🇷
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Limnosphaera" Kim et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kim S, Kang I, Cho JC. Genomic Analysis of a Freshwater Actinobacterium, "Candidatus Limnosphaera aquatica" Strain IMCC26207, Isolated from Lake Soyang. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 27:825-833. 🇰🇷

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