Genus Diplocalyx
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Diplocalyx (ex Gharagozlou 1968) Bermudes et al. 1988, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Diplocalyx calotermitidis (ex Gharagozlou 1968) Bermudes et al. 1988.
Synonym: "Diplocalyx" Gharagozlou 1968.
Etymology: Gr. adj. diplos (or diploos), twofold, double; L. masc. n. calyx, cup, calyx, covering; N.L. masc. n. Diplocalyx, twofold cover.
Valid publication: BERMUDES (D.), CHASE (D.) and MARGULIS (L.): Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 291-302.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Diplocalyx calotermitidis (ex Gharagozlou 1968) Bermudes et al. 1988, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) description (the type specimen is from Calotermes flavicollis found in southern France).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Diplocalyx calotermitidis" Gharagozlou 1968.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. calotermitidis, of Calotermes, named after the termite host Calotermes flavicollis.
Valid publication: BERMUDES (D.), CHASE (D.) and MARGULIS (L.): Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 291-302.
Original article in IJSEM Online