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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Arthromitus chasei"

Name: "Arthromitus chasei" Margulis et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chas.e.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. chasei, Named in memory of David G. Chase, American morphologist who performed ultrastructural studies of these insect symbionts and recognized their relation to mammalian gut inhabitants.

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: Figure 4a

Original publication: Margulis L, Olendzenski L, Afzelius BA. Endospore-forming filamentous bacteria symbiotic in termites: ultrastructure and growth in culture of Arthromitus. Symbiosis 1990; 8:95-116.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Arthromitus" Leidy 1849

Assigned by: Margulis L, Olendzenski L, Afzelius BA. Endospore-forming filamentous bacteria symbiotic in termites: ultrastructure and growth in culture of Arthromitus. Symbiosis 1990; 8:95-116.

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Record number: 45690

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