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Species "Candidatus Megaira telluris"
Name: "Candidatus Megaira telluris" Solbach et al. 2021
Etymology: tel.lu’ris. L. gen. fem. n. telluris, of the soil, referring to the host organism that was obtained from soil
Nomenclatural type: symbiont of Rhogostoma pseudocylindrica strain RC
Original publication:
Solbach MD, Bonkowski M, Dumack K. Novel Endosymbionts in Rhizarian Amoebae Imply Universal Infection of Unrelated Free-Living Amoebae by Legionellales. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:642216. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Megaira" Schrallhammer et al. 2013
Assigned by:
Solbach MD, Bonkowski M, Dumack K. Novel Endosymbionts in Rhizarian Amoebae Imply Universal Infection of Unrelated Free-Living Amoebae by Legionellales. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:642216.
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Record number: 49430
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