Etymology:Puch.tel’la.N.L. fem. dim. n.Puchtella, named after Otto Puchta who identified the biological role of the human louse symbiont as the provision of B vitamins
Effective publication:
Fukatsu T, Hosokawa T, Koga R, Nikoh N, Kato T, Hayama S, Takefushi H, Tanaka I. Intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:3796-3799. 🇯🇵
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status:
pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
pro-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: 2