Name: "Candidatus Zinderia insecticola" McCutcheon and Moran 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: in.sec.ti’co.la. L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. insecticola, a dweller of insects

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CARI

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP002161 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: McCutcheon JP, Moran NA. Functional convergence in reduced genomes of bacterial symbionts spanning 200 My of evolution. Genome Biol Evol 2010; 2:708-718.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Zinderia" McCutcheon and Moran 2010. Publication: McCutcheon JP, Moran NA. Functional convergence in reduced genomes of bacterial symbionts spanning 200 My of evolution. Genome Biol Evol 2010; 2:708-718.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Zinderia" McCutcheon and Moran 2010

Assigned by: McCutcheon JP, Moran NA. Functional convergence in reduced genomes of bacterial symbionts spanning 200 My of evolution. Genome Biol Evol 2010; 2:708-718.

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Record number: 800659