Name: "Termitinemataceae" Song et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ter.mi.ti.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Termitinemataceae, the Termitinema family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ter-mi-ti-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Termitinema" Song et al. 2021

Original publication: Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4228-4245. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Song et al. (2021) assigned the genus Breznakiella Song et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4228-4245. 🇩🇪
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Termitinema" Song et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4228-4245. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 4661