Name: "Candidatus Tokpelaia hoelldoblerii" Neuvonen et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: hoell.do.bler’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hoelldoblerii, The species name is taken from the German myrmecologist Bert Hölldobler who contributed extensively to the knowledge of ant biology.

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Hsal

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16S rRNA gene: CP017315 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Neuvonen MM, Tamarit D, Naslund K, Liebig J, Feldhaar H, Moran NA, Guy L, Andersson SG. The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39197.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Tokpelaia hoelldobleri" corrig. Neuvonen et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Tokpelaia hoelldobleri" corrig. Neuvonen et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Tokpelaia" Neuvonen et al. 2016

Assigned by: Neuvonen MM, Tamarit D, Naslund K, Liebig J, Feldhaar H, Moran NA, Guy L, Andersson SG. The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39197.

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Record number: 1086