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Species "Candidatus Planktophila limnetica"
Name: "Candidatus Planktophila limnetica" Jezbera et al. 2009
Etymology: lim.ne’ti.ca. German neut. n. Plankton, plankton; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friendly to; N.L. fem. n. Planktophila, the friend of plankton; N.L. fem. adj. limnetica, pertaining to lakes
Nomenclatural type: MWH-EgelM2-3.acI
16S rRNA gene:
FJ428831
Analyse
FASTA
Pro-valid publication:
Jezbera J, Sharma AK, Brandt U, Doolittle WF, Hahn MW. 'Candidatus Planktophila limnetica', an actinobacterium representing one of the most numerically important taxa in freshwater bacterioplankton. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2864-2869. 
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
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Planktophila" Jezbera et al. 2009.
Publication:
Jezbera J, Sharma AK, Brandt U, Doolittle WF, Hahn MW. 'Candidatus Planktophila limnetica', an actinobacterium representing one of the most numerically important taxa in freshwater bacterioplankton. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2864-2869.
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🧍 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 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Planktophila" Jezbera et al. 2009.
Publication:
Jezbera J, Sharma AK, Brandt U, Doolittle WF, Hahn MW. 'Candidatus Planktophila limnetica', an actinobacterium representing one of the most numerically important taxa in freshwater bacterioplankton. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2864-2869.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Planktophila" Jezbera et al. 2009
Assigned by:
Jezbera J, Sharma AK, Brandt U, Doolittle WF, Hahn MW. 'Candidatus Planktophila limnetica', an actinobacterium representing one of the most numerically important taxa in freshwater bacterioplankton. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2864-2869.
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Record number: 800105
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