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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Gilliamella apis

Name: Gilliamella apis Ludvigsen et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, from a honeybee, the genus name of the honeybee Apis mellifera, which refers to the insect host of this species

Pronunciation, gender: A-pis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 105629; LMG 30293; NO3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: NASD01000045 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ludvigsen J, Porcellato D, Amdam GV, Rudi K. Addressing the diversity of the honeybee gut symbiont Gilliamella: description of Gilliamella apis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1762-1770.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Gilliamella Kwong and Moran 2013

Assigned by: Ludvigsen J, Porcellato D, Amdam GV, Rudi K. Addressing the diversity of the honeybee gut symbiont Gilliamella: description of Gilliamella apis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1762-1770.

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Record number: 796427
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