Candidatus
See also: candidatus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin candidatus (“candidate”).
Proper noun
editCandidatus
- (bacteriology) A taxonomic name component, usually forming an extended genus or species name, used as an interim status for a bacterium not yet cultured in a laboratory.
Usage notes
edit- When used as part of the name for a candidate genus or species, it should appear in italics and the following elements in ordinary Roman type, for example "Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator".
- It is written Ca. when abbreviated.