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
    Sediminispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Marispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Salinispiraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pillotineaceae".

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