Name: "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriophila" Casson et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: nae.gle.rio’phi.la. Gr. fem. n. Naegleria, name of host cell; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friendly to; N.L. fem. adj. naegleriophila, referring to intracellular growth of Protochlamydia naegleriophila strain KNic within Naegleria amebae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KNic; KNic within Acanthamoeba castellanii

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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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriiphila" corrig. Casson et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Protochlamydia naegleriiphila" corrig. Casson et al. 2008	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

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: 801108