Name: "Candidatus Ancillula" Strassert et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: An.cil’lu.la. L. fem. dim. n. Ancillula, a little (female) servant, referring to the putative role of the symbiont

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Ancillul-), an-KIL-lu-la

Type species: "Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae" Strassert et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Strassert JF, Kohler T, Wienemann TH, Ikeda-Ohtsubo W, Faivre N, Franckenberg S, Plarre R, Radek R, Brune A. 'Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae', a novel lineage of endosymbiotic Actinobacteria in termite gut flagellates of the genus Trichonympha. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:3259-3270. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Parte et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the phylum "Actinomycetota". Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Strassert et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the phylum "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow 2012. Publication: Strassert JF, Kohler T, Wienemann TH, Ikeda-Ohtsubo W, Faivre N, Franckenberg S, Plarre R, Radek R, Brune A. 'Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae', a novel lineage of endosymbiotic Actinobacteria in termite gut flagellates of the genus Trichonympha. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:3259-3270. 🇩🇪

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Ancillula glyptotermitis" Kästle Silva and Brune 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Ancillula hodotermitis" Kästle Silva and Brune 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Ancillula kalotermitis" Kästle Silva and Brune 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae" Strassert et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Silva JK, Herve V, Mies US, Platt K, Brune A. A Novel Lineage of Endosymbiotic Actinomycetales: Genome Reduction and Acquisition of New Functions in Bifidobacteriaceae Associated With Termite Gut Flagellates. Environ Microbiol 2025; 27:e70010. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 12905