Name: Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rec.ti.ne’ma. L. masc. perf. part. rectus, straight; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Rectinema, straight thread, indicative of a rod-shaped morphology

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Rectinemat-), rek-ti-NE-ma

Type species: Rectinema cohabitans Koelschbach et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Koelschbach JS, Mouttaki H, Pickl C, Heipieper HJ, Rachel R, Lawson PA, Meckenstock RU. Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1288-1295.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rectinemataceae Brune et al. 2022. Publication: Brune A, Song Y, Oren A, Paster BJ. A new family for 'termite gut treponemes': description of Breznakiellaceae fam. nov., Gracilinema caldarium gen. nov., comb. nov., Leadbettera azotonutricia gen. nov., comb. nov., Helmutkoenigia isoptericolens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Zuelzera stenostrepta gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Rectinemataceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5439.
  • 🧕 Brune et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Rectinemataceae Brune et al. 2022. Publication: Brune A, Song Y, Oren A, Paster BJ. A new family for 'termite gut treponemes': description of Breznakiellaceae fam. nov., Gracilinema caldarium gen. nov., comb. nov., Leadbettera azotonutricia gen. nov., comb. nov., Helmutkoenigia isoptericolens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Zuelzera stenostrepta gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Rectinemataceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5439.
  • 🧕 Kölschbach et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Koelschbach JS, Mouttaki H, Pickl C, Heipieper HJ, Rachel R, Lawson PA, Meckenstock RU. Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1288-1295.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rectinema cohabitans Koelschbach et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rectinema subterraneum Momper et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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