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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii"

Name: "Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: bourt.zi’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bourtzisii, of Bourtzis, in honor of Kostas Bourtzis, as a recognition for his studies on Wolbachia and other bacteria associated with arthropods

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bourt-ZI-si-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: symbiont of D. melanogaster

Effective publication: Ramirez-Puebla ST, Servin-Garciduenas LE, Ormeno-Orrillo E, Vera-Ponce de Leon A, Rosenblueth M, Delaye L, Martinez J, Martinez-Romero E. Species in Wolbachia? Proposal for the designation of 'Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii', 'Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola', 'Candidatus Wolbachia blaxteri', 'Candidatus Wolbachia brugii', 'Candidatus Wolbachia taylori', 'Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola' and 'Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum' for the different species within Wolbachia supergroups. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:390-399. 🇲🇽

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

Parent taxon: Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ramirez-Puebla ST, Servin-Garciduenas LE, Ormeno-Orrillo E, Vera-Ponce de Leon A, Rosenblueth M, Delaye L, Martinez J, Martinez-Romero E. Species in Wolbachia? Proposal for the designation of 'Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii', 'Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola', 'Candidatus Wolbachia blaxteri', 'Candidatus Wolbachia brugii', 'Candidatus Wolbachia taylori', 'Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola' and 'Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum' for the different species within Wolbachia supergroups. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:390-399. 🇲🇽

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Record number: 2863
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