Name: Pillotina (ex Hollande and Gharagozlou 1967) Bermudes et al. 1988

Category: Genus

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

Etymology: Pil.lot.i’na. N.L. fem. n. Pillotina, named in honor of J. Pillot, a French microbiologist

Gender: feminine (stem: Pillotin-)

Type species: Pillotina calotermitidis (ex Hollande and Gharagozlou 1967) Bermudes et al. 1988

Valid publication: Bermudes D, Chase D, Margulis L. Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom.[TRUNCATED]. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:291-302.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992. Publication: Margulis L, Hinkle G. Large Symbiotic Spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina. In: Balows A, Trüper HG, Dworkin M, Harder W, Schleifer KH (eds), The Prokaryotes, Springer, New York, 1992, p. 3965-3978.
  • Wier et al. (2000) assigned this genus to the family "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992. Publication: Wier A, Ashen J, Margulis L. Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects. Int Microbiol 2000; 3:213-223.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Piliotina".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PITN" 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: 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
    Pillotina calotermitidis (ex Hollande and Gharagozlou 1967) Bermudes et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:217.

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