Species "Candidatus Organicella extenuata"

Name: "Candidatus Organicella extenuata" Williams et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: ex.te.nu.a’ta. L. fem. part. adj. extenuata, means reduced or diminished in Latin and is in reference to the highly reduced genome

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: or-ga-ni-KEL-la ex-te-nu-A-ta, feminine

Nomenclatural type: MAG_Ga0307966_1000010

16S rRNA gene: CP128385 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ivanova N, Huntemann M, Haque S, Hancock AM, Brazendale S, Cavicchioli R. Genome Analysis of a Verrucomicrobial Endosymbiont With a Tiny Genome Discovered in an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:674758. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

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 Organicella" Williams et al. 2021. Publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ivanova N, Huntemann M, Haque S, Hancock AM, Brazendale S, Cavicchioli R. Genome Analysis of a Verrucomicrobial Endosymbiont With a Tiny Genome Discovered in an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:674758. 🇦🇺
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Organicella" Williams et al. 2021

Assigned by: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ivanova N, Huntemann M, Haque S, Hancock AM, Brazendale S, Cavicchioli R. Genome Analysis of a Verrucomicrobial Endosymbiont With a Tiny Genome Discovered in an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:674758. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 3469

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