Talk:Candidatus Carsonella ruddii

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.

Ernsts (talk) 19:54, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Minimal genome
Meanwhile 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.

Ernsts (talk) 20:09, 14 December 2011 (UTC)