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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rhodobacter oscarellae"

Name: "Candidatus Rhodobacter oscarellae" corrig. Jourda et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: os.ca.rel’lae. N.L. fem. n. oscarella; N.L. gen. fem. n. oscarellae, of the sponge Oscarella lobularis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-BAK-ter os-ka-REL-la͡e, masculine

Nomenclatural type: IGS

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16S rRNA gene: LFTY01000001 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Jourda C, Santini S, Rocher C, Le Bivic A, Claverie JM. Draft Genome Sequence of an Alphaproteobacterium Associated with the Mediterranean Sponge Oscarella lobularis. Genome Announc 2015; 3:0. 🇫🇷

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

Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Jourda C, Santini S, Rocher C, Le Bivic A, Claverie JM. Draft Genome Sequence of an Alphaproteobacterium Associated with the Mediterranean Sponge Oscarella lobularis. Genome Announc 2015; 3:0. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 22042

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