Name: "Candidatus Termitispirillaceae" Maruoka et al. 2026

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ter.mi.ti.spi.ril.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. dim. n. Termitispirillum, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Termitispirillaceae, the family of Termitispirillum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ter-mi-ti-spi-ril-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Termitispirillum" Maruoka et al. 2026

Original publication: Maruoka N, Kudo R, Igai K, Shimizu M, Yuki M, Ohkuma M, Hongoh Y. Discovery and genomics of H(2)-oxidizing/O(2)-reducing Deferribacterota ectosymbiotic with protists in the guts of termites and a Cryptocercus cockroach. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag002. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Maruoka et al. (2026) assigned this family to the phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Maruoka N, Kudo R, Igai K, Shimizu M, Yuki M, Ohkuma M, Hongoh Y. Discovery and genomics of H(2)-oxidizing/O(2)-reducing Deferribacterota ectosymbiotic with protists in the guts of termites and a Cryptocercus cockroach. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag002. 🇯🇵
  • 🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published. Publication: Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754. 🇩🇪

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
    "Candidatus Termitispirillum" Maruoka et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Maruoka N, Kudo R, Igai K, Shimizu M, Yuki M, Ohkuma M, Hongoh Y. Discovery and genomics of H(2)-oxidizing/O(2)-reducing Deferribacterota ectosymbiotic with protists in the guts of termites and a Cryptocercus cockroach. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag002. 🇯🇵

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