Name: Wigglesworthia glossinidia Aksoy 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glos.sin.i’di.a. N.L. fem. adj. glossinidia, referring to Glossina, the genus of tsetse flies [probably better: glossinica]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: description; mycetome; primary endosymbiont of Glossina morsitans morsitans

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L37342 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aksoy S. Wigglesworthia gen. nov. and Wigglesworthia glossinidia sp. nov., taxa consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of tsetse flies. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:848-851.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Wigglesworthia Aksoy 1995. Publication: Aksoy S. Wigglesworthia gen. nov. and Wigglesworthia glossinidia sp. nov., taxa consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of tsetse flies. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:848-851.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 57 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 Primary endosymbiont found in the mycetocytes of Glossina morsitans morsitans. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Wigglesworthia Aksoy 1995

Assigned by: Aksoy S. Wigglesworthia gen. nov. and Wigglesworthia glossinidia sp. nov., taxa consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of tsetse flies. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:848-851.

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