Genus "Kamagatella"

Name: "Kamagatella" Kondo and Kataoka 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ka.ma.ga.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Kamagatella, named after Dr. Yoichi Kamagata of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, in recognition of his contribution to the study on prokaryotic taxonomy and microbial ecology

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Kamagatell-), ka-ma-ga-TEL-la

Type species: "Kamagatella elastica" Kondo and Kataoka 2026

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Kondo R, Kataoka T. Kamagatella elastica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium representing the family Kamagatellaceae fam. nov. within the order Tissierellales, isolated from a xenic culture of an anaerobic bacterivorous protist. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Parent taxon: "Kamagatellaceae" Kondo and Kataoka 2026

Assigned by: Kondo R, Kataoka T. Kamagatella elastica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium representing the family Kamagatellaceae fam. nov. within the order Tissierellales, isolated from a xenic culture of an anaerobic bacterivorous protist. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 71436

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