Species "Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii"

Name: "Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii" Sassera et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: mi.to.chon’dri.i. mi.to.chon’dri.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. mitochondrii, a mitochondrion; N.L. gen. neut. n. mitochondrii, of a mitochondrion

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-di-K^HLO-ri-a mi-to-K^HON-dri-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: Ixodes ricinus endosymbiont 1

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧍 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.

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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