Name: "Candidatus Similichlamydia epinephelii" Taylor-Brown et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: e.pi.ne.phe.li.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. epinephelii, reffering to Epinepehelus, the genus to which the fish host belongs

Gender: feminine

Type strain: GCCT14

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Original publication: Taylor-Brown A, Pillonel T, Bridle A, Qi W, Bachmann NL, Miller TL, Greub G, Nowak B, Seth-Smith HMB, Vaughan L, et al. Culture-independent genomics of a novel chlamydial pathogen of fish provides new insight into host-specific adaptations utilized by these intracellular bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1899-1913.

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

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Similichlamydia epinepheli" corrig. Taylor-Brown et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Similichlamydia epinepheli" corrig. Taylor-Brown et al. 2017	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Similichlamydia" Stride et al. 2013

Assigned by: Taylor-Brown A, Pillonel T, Bridle A, Qi W, Bachmann NL, Miller TL, Greub G, Nowak B, Seth-Smith HMB, Vaughan L, et al. Culture-independent genomics of a novel chlamydial pathogen of fish provides new insight into host-specific adaptations utilized by these intracellular bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1899-1913.

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Record number: 2834