Name: "Candidatus Rhodoluna limnophila" Hahn 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lim.no’phi.la. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. limnophila, lakeloving

Pronunciation, gender: lim-NO-p^hi-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 27D-LEPI; DSM 107804; JCM 32926; MWH VicMua1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ565417 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117. 🇦🇹

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodoluna limnophila Pitt et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodoluna limnophila Pitt et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Rhodoluna limnophila" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus "Candidatus Rhodoluna".
  • 🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List. Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Rhodoluna" Hahn 2009

Assigned by: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 800098