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Species "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum africanum"
Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum africanum" Mies and Brune 2024
Etymology: a.fri.ca’num. L. neut. adj. africanum, of Africa, African, referring to the geographic origin of the host genus
Nomenclatural type: Nm470_bin63; Nm470_bin63TS
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Original publication:
Mies US, Herve V, Kropp T, Platt K, Sillam-Dusses D, Sobotnik J, Brune A. Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia-rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates. mBio 2024; 15:e0082624. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum" Mies and Brune 2024
Assigned by:
Mies US, Herve V, Kropp T, Platt K, Sillam-Dusses D, Sobotnik J, Brune A. Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia-rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates. mBio 2024; 15:e0082624. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 48972
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