Name: "Candidatus Phycosocius bacilliformis" Tanabe et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ba.cil.li.for.mis. L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, rodlet; L. adj. suff. -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc./fem. adj. bacilliformis, rod-shaped

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BOTRYCO-2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB900796 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tanabe Y, Okazaki Y, Yoshida M, Matsuura H, Kai A, Shiratori T, Ishida K, Nakano S, Watanabe MM. A novel alphaproteobacterial ectosymbiont promotes the growth of the hydrocarbon-rich green alga Botryococcus braunii. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10467.

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)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Phycosocius" Tanabe et al. 2015. Publication: Tanabe Y, Okazaki Y, Yoshida M, Matsuura H, Kai A, Shiratori T, Ishida K, Nakano S, Watanabe MM. A novel alphaproteobacterial ectosymbiont promotes the growth of the hydrocarbon-rich green alga Botryococcus braunii. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10467.
  • 🧍 See also Tanabe et al. (2018). Publication: Tanabe Y, Yamaguchi H, Watanabe MM. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Phycosocius bacilliformis," an Alphaproteobacterial Ectosymbiont of the Hydrocarbon-Producing Green Alga Botryococcus braunii. Genome Announc 2018; 6:0.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Phycosocius" Tanabe et al. 2015

Assigned by: Tanabe Y, Okazaki Y, Yoshida M, Matsuura H, Kai A, Shiratori T, Ishida K, Nakano S, Watanabe MM. A novel alphaproteobacterial ectosymbiont promotes the growth of the hydrocarbon-rich green alga Botryococcus braunii. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10467.

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