Name: "Candidatus Stammera capsulata" corrig. Salem et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: cap.su.la’ta. N.L. fem. adj. capsulata, referring to the unique egg-associated caplet structures utilized by the host beetles to vertically transmit their symbionts

Gender: feminine

Type strain: NZ1215

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP024013 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Salem H, Bauer E, Kirsch R, Berasategui A, Cripps M, Weiss B, Koga R, Fukumori K, Vogel H, Fukatsu T, et al. Drastic Genome Reduction in an Herbivore's Pectinolytic Symbiont. Cell 2017; 171:1520-1531.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Stammera capleta" Salem et al. 2017	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Stammera" Salem et al. 2017. Publication: Salem H, Bauer E, Kirsch R, Berasategui A, Cripps M, Weiss B, Koga R, Fukumori K, Vogel H, Fukatsu T, et al. Drastic Genome Reduction in an Herbivore's Pectinolytic Symbiont. Cell 2017; 171:1520-1531.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Stammera" Salem et al. 2017

Assigned by: Salem H, Bauer E, Kirsch R, Berasategui A, Cripps M, Weiss B, Koga R, Fukumori K, Vogel H, Fukatsu T, et al. Drastic Genome Reduction in an Herbivore's Pectinolytic Symbiont. Cell 2017; 171:1520-1531.

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Record number: 28586