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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Family "Kamagatellaceae"

Name: "Kamagatellaceae" Kondo and Kataoka 2026

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ka.ma.ga.tel.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Kamagatella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Kamagatellaceae, the Kamagatella family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka-ma-ga-tel-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Kamagatella" Kondo and Kataoka 2026

Original publication: Kondo R, Kataoka T. Kamagatella elastica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium representing the family Kamagatellaceae fam. nov. within the order Tissierellales, isolated from a xenic culture of an anaerobic bacterivorous protist. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Tissierellales Alauzet et al. 2020

Assigned by: Kondo R, Kataoka T. Kamagatella elastica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium representing the family Kamagatellaceae fam. nov. within the order Tissierellales, isolated from a xenic culture of an anaerobic bacterivorous protist. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 71433

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