Name: "Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila" Schrallhammer et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: po.ly.xe.no’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. polys, many, G. N. xenôs, host; Gr. v. philein, to love, which loves many hosts; N.L. fem. adj. polyxenophila, loving many strange compounds

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BOD9

16S rRNA gene: AJ630204 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Megaera polyxenophila" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Megaera polyxenophila" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Megaira" Schrallhammer et al. 2013. Publication: Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Megaira" Schrallhammer et al. 2013

Assigned by: Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.

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Record number: 2463