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Species "Candidatus Rhizobium massiliae"
Name: "Candidatus Rhizobium massiliae" Greub et al. 2004
Nomenclatural type: CIP 107749; isolate 4
16S rRNA gene:
AF531767
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Greub G, La Scola B, Raoult D. Amoebae-resisting bacteria isolated from human nasal swabs by amoebal coculture. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:470-477. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Rhizobium massiliense" corrig. Greub et al. 2004
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Rhizobium massiliense" corrig. Greub et al. 2004 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: Accession D14501; ATCC 49956; IFO 13257.
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🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name although growing in culture.
Publication:
Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187. 🇩🇪
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🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction.
Publication:
Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Greub G, La Scola B, Raoult D. Amoebae-resisting bacteria isolated from human nasal swabs by amoebal coculture. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:470-477. 🇨🇭
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Record number: 800247
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