Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobium pyrsonymphae" Stingl et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pyr.so.nym’phae. N.L. fem. n. Pyrsonympha, a genus of flagellate protists; N.L. gen. fem. n. pyrsonymphae, of Pyrsonympha, referring to the host genus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-do-mi-KRO-bi-um pyr-so-NYM-pha͡e, neuter

Nomenclatural type: Pv-1; PV1TS

16S rRNA gene: AY512589 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Stingl U, Radek R, Yang H, Brune A. "Endomicrobia": cytoplasmic symbionts of termite gut protozoa form a separate phylum of prokaryotes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1473-1479. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005

Assigned by: Stingl U, Radek R, Yang H, Brune A. "Endomicrobia": cytoplasmic symbionts of termite gut protozoa form a separate phylum of prokaryotes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1473-1479. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 800203

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