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Endonucleibacter

Citation

Formal styling
Endonucleibacter corrig. (ex Zielinski et al., 2009) Porras et al., 2024 (priority 2009)
Effective publication
Porras et al., 2024
Original (not valid) publication
Zielinski et al., 2009
Corrigendum
Oren et al., 2020 from “Endonucleobacter” (sic)
SeqCode status
Valid (SeqCode)
Register List
seqco.de/r:zvnehbqd (validated)
Canonical URL
https://seqco.de/i:32149

Nomenclature

Rank
Genus
Inferred stem
Endonucleibacter-
Syllabication
En.do.nu.cle.i.bac'ter
Etymology
Gr. pref. endo-, within; L. masc. n. nucleus, a little nut and in biology, a nucleus; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Endonucleibacter, a rod inside the nucleus
Nomenclatural type
Endonucleibacter puteoserpentisTs
Nomenclatural status
Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description
A bacterial genus known to invade the nuclei of deep-sea bathymodiolin mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. This clade was first discovered infecting Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and transmission electron microscopy analyses of the developmental cycle of Endonucleibacter showed that the infection of a nucleus begins with a single rod-shaped bacterium which grows to an unseptated filament of up to 20 μm length and then divides repeatedly until the nucleus is filled with up to 80 000 bacteria. The greatly swollen nucleus destroys its host cell and the bacteria are released after the nuclear membrane bursts. Intriguingly, the only nuclei that were never infected by Endonucleibacter were those of the gill bacteriocytes. These cells contain the symbiotic sulfur- and methane-oxidizing bacteria, suggesting that the mussel symbionts can protect their host nuclei against the parasite. Endonucleibacter belongs to a monophyletic clade of Gammaproteobacteria associated with marine metazoans as diverse as sponges, corals, bivalves, gastropods, echinoderms, ascidians and fish.
Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » Oceanospirillales » Endozoicomonadaceae » Endonucleibacter
Parent
Endozoicomonadaceae
Children (3)
Alternatively placed children (1)
Pseudonyms
  • Endonucleobacter (Original, corrected name)

Metadata

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Registered
Over 2 years ago and claimed about 2 months ago by González Porras, Miguel Ángel
Submitted
About 1 month ago by González Porras, Miguel Ángel
Curators
Validated
24 days ago by Rodriguez-R, Luis M
Date of priority
2009-05-01 12:00 AM (UTC)   Important note

Publications
3

Citation Title
Porras et al., 2024, Nature Microbiology An intranuclear bacterial parasite of deep-sea mussels expresses apoptosis inhibitors acquired from its host
Effective publication
Oren et al., 2020, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa
Corrigendum
Zielinski et al., 2009, Environmental Microbiology Widespread occurrence of an intranuclear bacterial parasite in vent and seep bathymodiolin mussels
Original (not valid) publication


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