Name: "Mobilifilum" Margulis et al. 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mo.bi.li.fi’lum. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, moving; L. neut. n. filum, thread; N.L. neut. n. Mobilifilum, moving thread

Gender: neuter (stem: Mobilifil-)

Type species: "Mobilifilum chasei" Margulis et al. 1990

Original publication: Margulis L, Hinkle G, Stolz J, Craft F, Esteve I, Guerrero R. Mobilifilum chasei: morphology and ecology of a spirochete from an intertidal stratified microbial mat community. Arch Microbiol 1990; 153:422-427.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Margulis et al. (1990) assigned this genus to the phylum "Spirochaetes". Publication: Margulis L, Hinkle G, Stolz J, Craft F, Esteve I, Guerrero R. Mobilifilum chasei: morphology and ecology of a spirochete from an intertidal stratified microbial mat community. Arch Microbiol 1990; 153:422-427.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mobilijilum".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MBFM" 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.

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
    "Mobilifilum chasei" Margulis et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 521840