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Species "Candidatus Termititenax persephonae"
Name: "Candidatus Termititenax persephonae" Utami et al. 2019
Etymology: per.se’pho.nae. Gr. fem. n. Persephonê, the wife of Hades; N.L. gen. fem. n. persephonae, of Persephone, referring to its simultaneous discovery with ‘Ca. Termitenax aidoneus’ [probably better: persephones]
Pronunciation, gender: per-SE-pho-na͡e, masculine
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
BGZO01000002
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
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: 13114
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