Name: "Candidatus Planktoluna difficilis" Hahn 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: dif.fi’ci.lis. L. fem. adj. difficilis, difficult, referring to difficulties in cultivation of the first strain

Pronunciation, gender: dif-FI-ki-lis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: MWH 7Well8

16S rRNA gene: AM939566 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117.

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Planktoluna" Hahn 2009. Publication: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117.
  • 🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List. Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Planktoluna" Hahn 2009

Assigned by: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117.

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Record number: 800101