Name: "Candidatus Photodesmus blepharonis" corrig. Hendry and Dunlap 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ble.pha.ro’nis. N.L. gen. n. blepharonis, of an eyelid; from Gr. neut. n. blepharon

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Ppalp.1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ993843 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hendry TA, Dunlap PV. Phylogenetic divergence between the obligate luminous symbionts of flashlight fishes demonstrates specificity of bacteria to host genera. Environ Microbiol Rep 2014; 6:331-338.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Photodesmus blepharus" Hendry and Dunlap 2014	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Photodesmus" Hendry and Dunlap 2011

Assigned by: Hendry TA, Dunlap PV. Phylogenetic divergence between the obligate luminous symbionts of flashlight fishes demonstrates specificity of bacteria to host genera. Environ Microbiol Rep 2014; 6:331-338.

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Record number: 22086