Name: "Candidatus Nesciobacter abundans" George et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1604HC

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP043314 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Ignotibacter abundans" corrig. George et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Ignotibacter abundans" corrig. George et al. 2020	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nesciobacter" George et al. 2020. Publication: George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nesciobacter" George et al. 2020

Assigned by: George EE, Husnik F, Tashyreva D, Prokopchuk G, Horak A, Kwong WK, Lukes J, Keeling PJ. Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:925-933.

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Record number: 28698