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Species "Candidatus Endomicrobium labiotermitis"
Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobium labiotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024
Etymology: la.bi.o.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. labiotermitis, of Labiotermes, referring to the termite host genus
Pronunciation, gender: la-bi-o-TER-mi-tis, neuter
Nomenclatural type: GCA_009778965.1TS; Lab288P4_bin38; Lab288P4_bin38TS
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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. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005
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: 59411
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