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Species "Candidatus Protistibacter heckmannii"
Name: "Candidatus Protistibacter heckmannii" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013
Etymology: heck.man’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. heckmannii, named after Klaus Heckmann, who first studied the symbiosis between Euplotes and betaproteobacterial symbionts
Pronunciation, gender: hekk-MAN-ni-i, masculine
Nomenclatural type: host strain OS52/1; symbiont of Euplotes woodruffi OS52/1
16S rRNA gene:
HF548207
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Verni F, Petroni G. A new obligate bacterial symbiont colonizing the ciliate Euplotes in brackish and freshwater: ‘Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni’. Aquat Microb Ecol 2013; 70:233-243. 
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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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni" Vannini et al. 2013 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmannii" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013 homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Protistibacter" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013.
Publication:
Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Verni F, Petroni G. A new obligate bacterial symbiont colonizing the ciliate Euplotes in brackish and freshwater: ‘Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni’. Aquat Microb Ecol 2013; 70:233-243.
- 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Protistibacter" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013.
Publication:
Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Verni F, Petroni G. A new obligate bacterial symbiont colonizing the ciliate Euplotes in brackish and freshwater: ‘Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni’. Aquat Microb Ecol 2013; 70:233-243.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Protistibacter" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013
Assigned by:
Vannini C, Ferrantini F, Verni F, Petroni G. A new obligate bacterial symbiont colonizing the ciliate Euplotes in brackish and freshwater: ‘Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni’. Aquat Microb Ecol 2013; 70:233-243.
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Record number: 22023
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