Termitispirillaceae

Citation

Formal styling

Termitispirillaceae 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:54891

Nomenclature

Rank

Family

Inferred stem

Termitispirill-

Syllabication

Ter.mi.ti.spi.ril.la'ce.ae

Etymology

N.L. neut. dim. n. Termitispirillum, the type genus of the family; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Termitispirillaceae, the Termitispirillum family

Nomenclatural type

Termitispirillum

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

Members of this family are uncultured and inhabit the guts of insects, including termites and Cryptocercus cockroaches. This family is a sister clade of the family Mucispirillaceae in the phylum Deferribacterota. The type genus of this family is Termitispirillum.

Classification

Bacteria » Deferribacterota » Deferribacteres » Deferribacterales » Termitispirillaceae

Parent

Deferribacterales

Children (1)

• Termitispirillum

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• Wikispecies: Termitispirillaceae

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 11 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

11 days ago by St. John, Emily

Date of priority

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