Name: "Candidatus Photodesmus blepharus" Hendry and Dunlap 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. gen. neut. n. blepharus, after the host genus, which is so named for the lid-like structure individuals raise over the light organ to control light emission (Greek blephar, eyelid) [probably better: blepharonis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Ppalp.1

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Photodesmus blepharonis" corrig. Hendry and Dunlap 2014

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: 2792
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