Name: Entomospira culicis Graña-Miraglia et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.li’cis. L. masc. n. culex (gen. culicis), a gnat, a midge, and also a genus of mosquito (Culex, family Culicidae); L. gen. masc. n. culicis, of Culex, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Culex quinquefasciatus

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BR 151; DSM 114560; NCCB 100891

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16S rRNA gene: JAATLL010000002 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grana-Miraglia L, Sikutova S, Vancova M, Bily T, Fingerle V, Sing A, Castillo-Ramirez S, Margos G, Rudolf I. Spirochetes isolated from arthropods constitute a novel genus Entomospira genus novum within the order Spirochaetales. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17053.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Entomospira Graña-Miraglia et al. 2024. Publication: Grana-Miraglia L, Sikutova S, Vancova M, Bily T, Fingerle V, Sing A, Castillo-Ramirez S, Margos G, Rudolf I. Spirochetes isolated from arthropods constitute a novel genus Entomospira genus novum within the order Spirochaetales. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17053.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Entomospira Graña-Miraglia et al. 2024

Assigned by: Grana-Miraglia L, Sikutova S, Vancova M, Bily T, Fingerle V, Sing A, Castillo-Ramirez S, Margos G, Rudolf I. Spirochetes isolated from arthropods constitute a novel genus Entomospira genus novum within the order Spirochaetales. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17053.

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Record number: 43723