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Species "Candidatus Termititenax aidoneus"
Name: "Candidatus Termititenax aidoneus" Utami et al. 2019
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. Aïdôneus, an alternative name for Hades, meaning ‘The Unseen One’, referring to its inconspicuousness among ectosymbiotic bacteria
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
BGZN01000018
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Utami YD, Kuwahara H, Igai K, Murakami T, Sugaya K, Morikawa T, Nagura Y, Yuki M, Deevong P, Inoue T, et al. Genome analyses of uncultured TG2/ZB3 bacteria in 'Margulisbacteria' specifically attached to ectosymbiotic spirochetes of protists in the termite gut. ISME J 2019; 13:455-467. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Termititenax" Utami et al. 2019.
Publication:
Utami YD, Kuwahara H, Igai K, Murakami T, Sugaya K, Morikawa T, Nagura Y, Yuki M, Deevong P, Inoue T, et al. Genome analyses of uncultured TG2/ZB3 bacteria in 'Margulisbacteria' specifically attached to ectosymbiotic spirochetes of protists in the termite gut. ISME J 2019; 13:455-467.
- 🧍 This species chosen by its authors as the type species of its non-monotypic genus was confirmed as the type species in Appendix 2 of Candidatus List No. 7.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Termititenax" Utami et al. 2019.
Publication:
Utami YD, Kuwahara H, Igai K, Murakami T, Sugaya K, Morikawa T, Nagura Y, Yuki M, Deevong P, Inoue T, et al. Genome analyses of uncultured TG2/ZB3 bacteria in 'Margulisbacteria' specifically attached to ectosymbiotic spirochetes of protists in the termite gut. ISME J 2019; 13:455-467.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Termititenax" Utami et al. 2019
Assigned by:
Utami YD, Kuwahara H, Igai K, Murakami T, Sugaya K, Morikawa T, Nagura Y, Yuki M, Deevong P, Inoue T, et al. Genome analyses of uncultured TG2/ZB3 bacteria in 'Margulisbacteria' specifically attached to ectosymbiotic spirochetes of protists in the termite gut. ISME J 2019; 13:455-467.
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Record number: 13112
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