Name: "Candidatus Westeberhardia cardiocondylae" Klein et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: car.di.o.con.dy.lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. cardiocondylae, indicates that it is an endosymbiont of Cardiocondyla ants

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: obscurior; obscurior is a symbiont of Cardiocondyla obscurior

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN774881 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Klein A, Schrader L, Gil R, Manzano-Marin A, Florez L, Wheeler D, Werren JH, Latorre A, Heinze J, Kaltenpoth M, et al. A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. ISME J 2016; 10:376-388.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Westeberhardia" Klein et al. 2016. Publication: Klein A, Schrader L, Gil R, Manzano-Marin A, Florez L, Wheeler D, Werren JH, Latorre A, Heinze J, Kaltenpoth M, et al. A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. ISME J 2016; 10:376-388.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Westeberhardia" Klein et al. 2016

Assigned by: Klein A, Schrader L, Gil R, Manzano-Marin A, Florez L, Wheeler D, Werren JH, Latorre A, Heinze J, Kaltenpoth M, et al. A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. ISME J 2016; 10:376-388.

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Record number: 2860