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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia culicis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia culicis" corrig. Guo et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: cu’li.cis. L. gen. masc. n. culicis, of the mosquito Culex tritaenorhynchus

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: WHCUTL-65

Effective publication: Guo WP, Tian JH, Lin XD, Ni XB, Chen XP, Liao Y, Yang SY, Dumler JS, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ. Extensive genetic diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria in multiple mosquito species. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38770. 🇨🇳

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: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guo WP, Tian JH, Lin XD, Ni XB, Chen XP, Liao Y, Yang SY, Dumler JS, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ. Extensive genetic diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria in multiple mosquito species. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38770. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 22219
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