Name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola" Neulinger et al. 2009
Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus
Etymology:co.ral.li’co.la.L. neut. n.corallum, coral; L. masc./fem. n. suff.-cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n.corallicola, coral-dweller, referring to the host of the microorganism (nominative in apposition)
Effective publication:
Neulinger SC, Gartner A, Jarnegren J, Ludvigsen M, Lochte K, Dullo WC. Tissue-associated "CandidatusMycoplasma corallicola" and filamentous bacteria on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia). Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1437-1444. 🇩🇪
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