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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bombiscardovia apis

Name: Bombiscardovia apis Kawasaki et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, of a bee

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bom-bi-skar-DO-wi-a A-pis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 114343; JCM 35345; KimH

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16S rRNA gene: LC726291 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Kawasaki S, Ozawa K, Mori T, Yamamoto A, Ito M, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Matsutani M. Symbiosis of Carpenter Bees with Uncharacterized Lactic Acid Bacteria Showing NAD Auxotrophy. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0078223. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Bombiscardovia Killer et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kawasaki S, Ozawa K, Mori T, Yamamoto A, Ito M, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Matsutani M. Symbiosis of Carpenter Bees with Uncharacterized Lactic Acid Bacteria Showing NAD Auxotrophy. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0078223. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 43774

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