Name: "Candidatus Sarmatiella mevalonica" Castelli et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: me.va.lo’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. mevalonica, pertaining to the mevalonic acid pathway, adistinctive trait of this bacterium as predicted from its genome sequence

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sar-ma-ti-EL-la me-wa-LO-ni-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: symbiont of Paramecium tredecaurelia WO2; WO2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT984300 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Castelli M, Lanzoni O, Nardi T, Lometto S, Modeo L, Potekhin A, Sassera D, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Sarmatiella mevalonica' endosymbiont of the ciliate Paramecium provides insights on evolutionary plasticity among Rickettsiales. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1684-1701. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Sarmatiella" Castelli et al. 2021. Publication: Castelli M, Lanzoni O, Nardi T, Lometto S, Modeo L, Potekhin A, Sassera D, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Sarmatiella mevalonica' endosymbiont of the ciliate Paramecium provides insights on evolutionary plasticity among Rickettsiales. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1684-1701. 🇮🇹
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Sarmatiella" Castelli et al. 2021

Assigned by: Castelli M, Lanzoni O, Nardi T, Lometto S, Modeo L, Potekhin A, Sassera D, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Sarmatiella mevalonica' endosymbiont of the ciliate Paramecium provides insights on evolutionary plasticity among Rickettsiales. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1684-1701. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 17781