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Genus Melissospora
Name: Melissospora Tellatin et al. 2025
Etymology: Me.lis.so’spo.ra. Gr. fem. n. melissa, bee; Gr. fem. n. spora, seed; N.L. fem. n. Melissospora, seed of the (honey) bee
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Melissospor-), me-lis-SO-spo-ra
Type species: Melissospora conviva Tellatin et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Tellatin D, Cornet L, Snauwaert V, Compere P, Ongena M, Quinton L, Stulanovic N, Monteiro SR, Rigolet A, Burguet P, et al. Melissospora conviva gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterial genus isolated from beehive through cross-feeding interactions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6868. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Melissospora conviva Tellatin et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tellatin D, Cornet L, Snauwaert V, Compere P, Ongena M, Quinton L, Stulanovic N, Monteiro SR, Rigolet A, Burguet P, et al. Melissospora conviva gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterial genus isolated from beehive through cross-feeding interactions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6868. 🇧🇪
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Record number: 66998
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