Order Orbales
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Orbales Kwong and Moran 2013, ord. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Orbus Volkmann et al. 2010.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Orbus, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Orbales, the order of the genus Orbus.
Valid publication: KWONG (W.K.) and MORAN (N.A.): Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2008-2018.
Original article in IJSEM Online
