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Species "Candidatus Roseomonas massiliae"
Name: "Candidatus Roseomonas massiliae" Greub et al. 2004
Etymology: mas.si.li.ae. L. gen. fem. n. massiliae, of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, where the organism was first isolated
Nomenclatural type: CIP 107751; Isolate 1
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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. 
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 Roseomonas massiliensis" corrig. Greub et al. 2004
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Roseomonas massiliensis" corrig. Greub et al. 2004 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 49956.
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🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name although available as an isolate.
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.
Parent taxon: Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998
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: 800262
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