Name: Lyticum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Ly’ti.cum. N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. n. Lyticum, dissolver

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Lytic-), LY-ti-kum

Type species: Lyticum flagellatum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Preer Jr. JR, Preer LB. Revival of names of protozoan endosymbionts and proposal of Holospora caryophila nom. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:140-141.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boscaro et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" Montagna et al. 2013. Publication: Boscaro V, Schrallhammer M, Benken KA, Krenek S, Szokoli F, Berendonk TU, Schweikert M, Verni F, Sabaneyeva EV, Petroni G. Rediscovering the genus Lyticum, multiflagellated symbionts of the order Rickettsiales. Sci Rep 2013; 3:3305. 🇮🇹
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006. Publication: Görtz HD, Schmidt HJ. Family III. Holosporaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 146-149. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Iyticum"; "Lylicum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LYTC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also Boscaro et al. (2013). Publication: Boscaro V, Schrallhammer M, Benken KA, Krenek S, Szokoli F, Berendonk TU, Schweikert M, Verni F, Sabaneyeva EV, Petroni G. Rediscovering the genus Lyticum, multiflagellated symbionts of the order Rickettsiales. Sci Rep 2013; 3:3305. 🇮🇹

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lyticum flagellatum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lyticum sinuosum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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