Family "Pillotinaceae"

Name: "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Pil.lo.ti.na’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Pillotinaceae, the Pillotina family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pil-lo-ti-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pillotina (ex Hollande and Gharagozlou 1967) Bermudes et al. 1988

Original publication: Margulis L, Hinkle G. Large Symbiotic Spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina. In: Balows A, Trüper HG, Dworkin M, Harder W, Schleifer KH (eds), The Prokaryotes, Springer, New York, 1992, p. 3965-3978.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Breznakiellaceae Brune et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Breznakiellaceae Brune et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Wier et al. (2000) assigned the genus "Canaleparolina" Wier et al. 2000 to this family. Publication: Wier A, Ashen J, Margulis L. Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects. Int Microbiol 2000; 3:213-223. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Wier et al. (2000) assigned the genus Clevelandina Bermudes et al. 1988 to this family. Publication: Wier A, Ashen J, Margulis L. Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects. Int Microbiol 2000; 3:213-223. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Wier et al. (2000) assigned the genus Diplocalyx (ex Gharagozlou 1968) Bermudes et al. 1988 to this family. Publication: Wier A, Ashen J, Margulis L. Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects. Int Microbiol 2000; 3:213-223. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Wier et al. (2000) assigned the genus Hollandina (ex To et al. 1978) Bermudes et al. 1988 to this family. Publication: Wier A, Ashen J, Margulis L. Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects. Int Microbiol 2000; 3:213-223. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Wier et al. (2000) assigned the genus Pillotina (ex Hollande and Gharagozlou 1967) Bermudes et al. 1988 to this family. Publication: Wier A, Ashen J, Margulis L. Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects. Int Microbiol 2000; 3:213-223. 🇺🇸
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Breznakiellaceae Brune et al. 2022. Publication: Treitli SC, Mies US, Radek R, Zinnhardt PA, Silva JMK, Reuter L, Rohr NA, Platt K, Herve V, Plarre R, et al. Metabolic capacities of large "pillotinaceous" spirochetes from termite guts and their placement among Breznakiellaceae. BMC Biol 2026; 24:0. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:217. 🇨🇦
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pillotineaceae".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Brune A, Song Y, Oren A, Paster BJ. A new family for 'termite gut treponemes': description of Breznakiellaceae fam. nov., Gracilinema caldarium gen. nov., comb. nov., Leadbettera azotonutricia gen. nov., comb. nov., Helmutkoenigia isoptericolens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Zuelzera stenostrepta gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Rectinemataceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5439. 🇺🇸

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