Name: "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriiphila" corrig. Casson et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: nae.gle.ri.i.phi.la. N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. naegleriiphila

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KNic; KNic within Acanthamoeba castellanii

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ632609 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Casson N, Michel R, Muller KD, Aubert JD, Greub G. Protochlamydia naegleriophila as etiologic agent of pneumonia. Emerg Infect Dis 2008; 14:168-172.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriophila" Casson et al. 2008	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Protochlamydia" Collingro et al. 2005

Assigned by: Casson N, Michel R, Muller KD, Aubert JD, Greub G. Protochlamydia naegleriophila as etiologic agent of pneumonia. Emerg Infect Dis 2008; 14:168-172.

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Record number: 11959