Genus "Candidatus Maribrachyspira"

Name: "Candidatus Maribrachyspira" Matsuyama et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.ri.bra.chy.spi’ra. Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Maribrachyspira

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Maribrachyspir-), ma-ri-bra-khy-SPI-ra

Type species: "Candidatus Maribrachyspira pinctadae" corrig. Matsuyama et al. 2017

Effective publication: Matsuyama T, Yasuike M, Fujiwara A, Nakamura Y, Takano T, Takeuchi T, Satoh N, Adachi Y, Tsuchihashi Y, Aoki H, et al. A Spirochaete is suggested as the causative agent of Akoya oyster disease by metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182280. 🇯🇵

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

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: 2

Parent taxon: Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012

Assigned by: Matsuyama T, Yasuike M, Fujiwara A, Nakamura Y, Takano T, Takeuchi T, Satoh N, Adachi Y, Tsuchihashi Y, Aoki H, et al. A Spirochaete is suggested as the causative agent of Akoya oyster disease by metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182280. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 503
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