Name: "Candidatus Termititenax spirochaetophilus" Utami et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: spi.ro.chae.to.phi.lus. N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a genus name of bacteria, spirochete; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. spirochaetophilus, spirochete-loving

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: HsPyr-01

16S rRNA gene: BGZM01000003 Analyse FASTA

Original 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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Termititenax spirochaetiphilus" corrig. Utami et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Termititenax spirochaetiphilus" corrig. Utami et al. 2019	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

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: 13115