Name: "Tundrisphaera macrotermitis" Kallscheuer et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cro.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. macrotermitis, of the termite Macrotermes, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-kro-TER-mi-tis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CECT 30560; JMRC STH00997; TA3

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16S rRNA gene: PV747909 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kallscheuer N, Carlstedt KL, Hammer J, Haufschild T, Benndorf R, de Beer ZW, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C, Jogler C. Tundrisphaera macrotermitis sp. nov., a novel member of the family Isosphaeraceae isolated from the gut of a fungus-growing termite. Sci Rep 2025; 15:39213. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Tundrisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kallscheuer N, Carlstedt KL, Hammer J, Haufschild T, Benndorf R, de Beer ZW, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C, Jogler C. Tundrisphaera macrotermitis sp. nov., a novel member of the family Isosphaeraceae isolated from the gut of a fungus-growing termite. Sci Rep 2025; 15:39213. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 68799