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  • proper noun A taxonomic name, usually forming an extended genus name, used as an interim status for a bacterium that is not yet fully described

Etymologies

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From Latin candidatus ("candidate")

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Examples

  • _Candidatus_ is 'white-robed'; 'noble' would be _candidus_.

    The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson

  • He published his "Candidatus juris prudentiæ sacræ" in 1722; this was followed by "Summa jurisprudentiæ sacræ universæ" in 1723 sqq.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense, which caused the decline of the cabbage tree.

    Latest Massey News 2010

  • The body louse is dependent on its human host for survival, but is just as reliant on a microbe that lives within it - the bacterium Candidatus Riesia pediculicola.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • A diverse range of symbionts sometimes occurred within a small geographic area, including the three "big" cyanobacterial clades, Oscillatoria spongeliae, "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum" and Synechocystis species, and it appears that these clades all occur in a wide range of sponges.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • A community of the bacteria Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator has been discovered 2.8 kilometres beneath the surface of the Earth in fluid-filled cracks of the Mponeng goldmine in South Africa.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Planetary scientist Chris McKay, of NASA's Ames Research Center says that the species Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator is an amazing discovery, and represents the kind or organism that could survive below the surface of

    Universe Today 2008

  • An electron microscope reveals Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator,

    Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008

  • Candidatus is a tag given to species that have not yet been grown in the laboratory.

    Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008

  • Planetary scientist Chris McKay, of NASA's Ames Research Center says that the species Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator is an amazing discovery, and represents the kind or organism that could survive below the surface of

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2008

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