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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: we-si-ko-my-i-di-SO-ki-us ka-lyp-TO-ge-na͡e, masculine

Nomenclatural type: HA

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AP009247 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Vesicomyosocius calyptogenae" Kuwahara et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Vesicomyosocius endoextente" Russell et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

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