Name: "Candidatus Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenae" corrig. Kuwahara et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ca.lyp.to’ge.nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. calyptogenae, of the clam Calyptogena okutanii

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HA

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AP009247 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kuwahara H, Yoshida T, Takaki Y, Shimamura S, Nishi S, Harada M, Matsuyama K, Takishita K, Kawato M, Uematsu K, et al. Reduced genome of the thioautotrophic intracellular symbiont in a deep-sea clam, Calyptogena okutanii. Curr Biol 2007; 17:881-886.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Vesicomyosocius endoextente" Russell et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Vesicomyosocius calyptogenae" Kuwahara et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Vesicomyosocius okutanii" Kuwahara et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Vesicomyidisocius" corrig. Kuwahara et al. 2007. Publication: Kuwahara H, Yoshida T, Takaki Y, Shimamura S, Nishi S, Harada M, Matsuyama K, Takishita K, Kawato M, Uematsu K, et al. Reduced genome of the thioautotrophic intracellular symbiont in a deep-sea clam, Calyptogena okutanii. Curr Biol 2007; 17:881-886.
  • 🧍 See also Russell et al. (2020). Publication: Russell SL, Pepper-Tunick E, Svedberg J, Byrne A, Ruelas Castillo J, Vollmers C, Beinart RA, Corbett-Detig R. Horizontal transmission and recombination maintain forever young bacterial symbiont genomes. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008935.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Vesicomyidisocius" corrig. Kuwahara et al. 2007

Assigned by: Kuwahara H, Yoshida T, Takaki Y, Shimamura S, Nishi S, Harada M, Matsuyama K, Takishita K, Kawato M, Uematsu K, et al. Reduced genome of the thioautotrophic intracellular symbiont in a deep-sea clam, Calyptogena okutanii. Curr Biol 2007; 17:881-886.

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Record number: 22022