Name: "Propulsinema" Fu et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.pul.si.ne’ma. L. neut. n. propulsare, to propel, push forward; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Propulsinema, a thread-like bacterium associated with propulsion or motility

Gender: neuter (stem: Propulsinemat-)

Type species: "Propulsinema mixotrichae" Fu et al. 2025

Original publication: Fu J, Liu Y, Yoshioka T, Igai K, Mabuchi T, Kihara K, Murakami T, Lo N, Ohkuma M, Hongoh Y. Functional division of labor in motility, lignocellulose digestion, and nitrogen metabolism revealed for the Mixotricha paradoxa holobiont. ISME J 2025; 19:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Propulsinema mixotrichae" Fu et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Breznakiellaceae Brune et al. 2022

Assigned by: Fu J, Liu Y, Yoshioka T, Igai K, Mabuchi T, Kihara K, Murakami T, Lo N, Ohkuma M, Hongoh Y. Functional division of labor in motility, lignocellulose digestion, and nitrogen metabolism revealed for the Mixotricha paradoxa holobiont. ISME J 2025; 19:0.

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Record number: 67237