Pelagibacter Ubique - Name

Name

The name of the genus (Pelagibacter) stems from the Latin masculin noun pelagus ("sea") combined with the suffix -bacter (rod, bacterium), to mean "bacterium of the sea". The connecting vowel is an "i" and not an "o", as the first term is the Latin "pelagus" and not the Greek original πέλαγος (pelagos) (the word pelagus is a Greek word used in Latin poetry, it is a 2nd declension noun with a Greek-like irregular nominative plural pelagē and not pelagi). The name of the specific epithet (ubique) is a Latin adverb meaning "everywhere"; it should be noted species with the status Candidatus are not validly published so do not have to be grammatically correct, such as having specific epithets having to be adjectives or nouns in apposition in the nominative case or genitive nouns according to rule 12c of the IBCN.

The term "Candidatus" is used for proposed species for which the lack of information (cf.) prevents it from being a validated species according to the bacteriological code, such as deposition in two public cell repositories or lack of FAME analysis whereas "Cadidatus Pelagibacter ubique" is not in ATCC and DSMZ, nor has analysis of lipids and quinones been conducted.

HTTC1062 is the type strain of the species Pelagibacter ubique, which in turn is the type species of the genus Pelagibacter,, which in turn is the type genus of the SAR11 clade or family "Pelagibacteraceae".