Name: Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pi’li.bac.ter. L. neut. n. pilum, a heavy javelin; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Pilibacter, a rod that appears tapered and pointed, like the head of a spear

Gender: masculine (stem: Pilibacter-)

Type species: Pilibacter termitis Higashiguchi et al. 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Higashiguchi DT, Husseneder C, Grace JK, Berestecky JM. Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:15-20.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03580 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pilibacter termitis Higashiguchi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Killer J, Svec P, Sedlacek I, Cernohlavkova J, Benada O, Hroncova Z, Havlik J, Vlkova E, Rada V, Kopecny J, et al. Vagococcus entomophilus sp. nov., from the digestive tract of a wasp (Vespula vulgaris). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:731-737.

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