Talk:Candidatus Carsonella ruddii
Latest comment: 12 years ago by Ernsts in topic Minimal genome
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Why does this species violate binomial naming coventions? Speciate 22:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)speciate
It does not, read Candidatus.193.40.133.134 19:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Because trinomial nomenclature is the wave of the future. Look at the dog which has been renamed Canis lupus familiaris.
Rozzychan (talk) 19:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
- 'Candidatus' stands for 'proposed name'. The proposed name is 'Carsonella ruddi' according to the binomial nomenclature.
Minimal genome
editMeanwhile another endosymbiotic bacterium, Candidatus Tremblaya princeps, has been found which contains only 138,927 base pairs (i. e. 121 protein coding genes). Please refer to
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.051 by J. P. McCutcheon and C. D. von Dohlen Aug. 11th, 2011, and
Scientific American Blogs: The Artful Amoeba, Cow-like Mealybug Home to Sexy Symbiotic Machine by Jennifer Frazer, Aug. 18th, 2011.