Name: "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Pillotinaceae, the Pillotina family

Gender: 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: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)	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 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Pillotineaceae".

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Record number: 15197