Name: "Termitinema" Song et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Termitinema

Gender: neuter (stem: Termitinemat-)

Original publication: Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4228-4245. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Termitinemataceae" Song et al. 2021. Publication: Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4228-4245. 🇩🇪
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: "Termitinemataceae" Song et al. 2021

Assigned by: Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4228-4245. 🇩🇪

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