Name: "Pseudolyticum" Boss et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, dissolving; N.L. neut. n. Pseudolyticum

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Pseudolytic-), pse͡u-do-LY-ti-kum

Type species: "Pseudolyticum muliflagellatum" Boss et al. 1987

Original publication: Boss AO-L, Borchsenius ON, Ossipov DV. Pseudolyticum multiflagellatum n. g., n. sp.- A new symbiotic bacterium in the cytoplasm of Paramecium caudatum (Ciliata, Protozoa). Citologija 1987; 29:94-99.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006. Publication: Görtz HD, Schmidt HJ. Family III. Holosporaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 146-149. 🇺🇸

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Pseudolyticum minutus" Fokin 1989	not validly published	synonym
    "Pseudolyticum muliflagellatum" Boss et al. 1987	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" Montagna et al. 2013

Assigned by: Kursacheva E, Korotaev A, Benken K, Lebedeva N, Sabaneyeva E. Phenotypic Polymorphism in Two Endosymbiotic Bacteria of the Ciliate Paramecium: Pseudolyticum multiflagellatum and “Ca. Megaira venefica”. Diversity 2023; 15:924.

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Record number: 40318