Name: "Candidatus Gilliamella apicola" Martinson et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.pi’co.la. L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. apicola, bee-dweller (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gil-li-a-MEL-la a-PI-ko-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-2448; NCIMB 14804; wkB1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ936674 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Martinson VG, Moy J, Moran NA. Establishment of characteristic gut bacteria during development of the honeybee worker. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:2830-2840. 🇺🇸

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: synonym

Correct name: Gilliamella apicola Kwong and Moran 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gilliamella apicola Kwong and Moran 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Gilliamella apicola" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Gilliamella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Gilliamella Kwong and Moran 2013

Assigned by: Martinson VG, Moy J, Moran NA. Establishment of characteristic gut bacteria during development of the honeybee worker. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:2830-2840. 🇺🇸

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