Genus "Canaleparolina"

Name: "Canaleparolina" Wier et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.na.le.pa.ro.li’na. N.L. fem. n. Canaleparolina, Named for Professor Emeritus Ercole Canale-Parola, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, who trained a generation of microbiology researchers, especially experts in spirochete biology.

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Canaleparolin-), ka-na-le-pa-ro-LI-na

Type species: "Canaleparolina darwiniensis" Wier et al. 2000

Original 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. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wier et al. (2000) assigned this genus to the family "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992. 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. 🇺🇸

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
    "Canaleparolina darwiniensis" Wier et al. 2000	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 521824