Termitispirillum

Citation

Formal styling

Termitispirillum Maruoka et al., 2026

Effective publication

Maruoka et al., 2026

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:-5w8dku2 (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:54887

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Termitispirill-

Syllabication

Ter.mi.ti.spi.ril'lum

Etymology

L. masc. n. termes, termite; L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Termitispirillum, a spiral bacterium from termites

Nomenclatural type

Termitispirillum cryptocerci^Ts

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

Members of this genus are uncultured and spiral or curved long rods that specifically attach to parabasalid protists in the guts of termites and Cryptocercus cockroaches. Cells measure 3–13 µm in length and 0.4 µm in width. Genomic analyses indicated that these bacteria possess a Gram-negative-type cell wall and chemoheterotrophic metabolism with fermentation and respiratory pathways. Motility was inferred from the presence of genes involved in flagellar assembly and chemotaxis. Taxonomic assignment is based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence and specific detection by FISH using the oligonucleotide probe RsTz2-092-190 or Deferri-term-661 (Table S2). The nomenclatural type is Termitispirillum cryptocerci with its genome sequence as the type material.

Classification

Bacteria » Deferribacterota » Deferribacteres » Deferribacterales » Termitispirillaceae » Termitispirillum

Parent

Termitispirillaceae

Children (2)

• Termitispirillum cryptocerci^Ts
• “Termitispirillum reticulitermitis”

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• Wikispecies: Termitispirillum

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 3 days ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

4 months ago by Maruoka, Naoya

Submitted

4 months ago by Maruoka, Naoya

Curators

• St. John, Emily (nomenclature)
• Valero Tebar, Juan (genomics)

Endorsed

3 months ago by Valero Tebar, Juan

Validated

3 days ago by St. John, Emily

Date of priority

2026-02-15 08:34 AM (UTC)