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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2448; NCIMB 14804; wkB1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ936674 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

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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Record number: 4580