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Species "Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii"
Name: "Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii" Sassera et al. 2006
Etymology: mi.to.chon.dri.i. mi.to’chon.drii. N.L. gen. neut. n. mitochondrii, a mitochondrion; N.L. gen. neut. n. mitochondrii, of a mitochondrion
Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated
16S rRNA gene:
AJ566640
Analyse
FASTA
Pro-valid publication:
Sassera D, Beninati T, Bandi C, Bouman EA, Sacchi L, Fabbi M, Lo N. 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2535-2540. 
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
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Midichloria" Sassera et al. 2006.
Publication:
Sassera D, Beninati T, Bandi C, Bouman EA, Sacchi L, Fabbi M, Lo N. 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2535-2540.
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🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.
- 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Midichloria" Sassera et al. 2006.
Publication:
Sassera D, Beninati T, Bandi C, Bouman EA, Sacchi L, Fabbi M, Lo N. 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2535-2540.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Midichloria" Sassera et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Sassera D, Beninati T, Bandi C, Bouman EA, Sacchi L, Fabbi M, Lo N. 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2535-2540.
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Record number: 800089
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