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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Endomicrobium macrotermitis"

Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobium macrotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ma.cro.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. macrotermitis, of Macrotermes, referring to the termite host genus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-do-mi-KRO-bi-um ma-kro-TER-mi-tis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: GCA_031271405.1TS; Mx356_bin47; Mx356_bin47TS

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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: 59412

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