Name: Xylocopilactobacillus apicola Kawasaki et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.pi’co.la. L. gen. fem. n. apis, a bee; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. apicola, a dweller of bees

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: xy-lo-ko-pi-lak-to-ba-KIL-lus a-PI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: DSM 114411; JCM 35348; XA3

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16S rRNA gene: LC726294 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kawasaki S, Ozawa K, Mori T, Yamamoto A, Ito M, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Matsutani M. Symbiosis of Carpenter Bees with Uncharacterized Lactic Acid Bacteria Showing NAD Auxotrophy. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0078223. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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Parent taxon: Xylocopilactobacillus Kawasaki et al. 2024

Assigned by: Kawasaki S, Ozawa K, Mori T, Yamamoto A, Ito M, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Matsutani M. Symbiosis of Carpenter Bees with Uncharacterized Lactic Acid Bacteria Showing NAD Auxotrophy. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0078223. 🇯🇵

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