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Register list for 8 new names associated with endosymbionts of a magnetotactic ciliate

Submitted by Monteil, Caroline L.

Table 1: Complete list of names proposed in the current register list.

Proposed Taxon Etymology Description Parent Taxon Type Registry URL
Order Protisticellales [Pro.tis.ti.cel.la'les] N.L. fem. n. Protisticella, referring to the type genus Protisticella; -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Protisticellales, the Protisticella order
The type genus of the class is Protisticella.
Gammaproteobacteria Protisticella seqco.de/i:51456
Family Protisticellaceae [Pro.tis.ti.cel.la'ce.ae] N.L. fem. n. Protisticella, referring to the type genus Protisticella; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Protisticellaceae, the Protisticella family
The type genus of the class is Protisticella.

Protisticellales Protisticella seqco.de/i:51455
Genus Endodesulfobacter [En.do.de.sul.fo.bac'ter.] Gr. pref. endo-, within; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Endodesulfobacter, an endosymbiotic rod-shaped sulfate-reducing bacterium
The description is the same as for the nomenclatural type Endodesulfobacter magneticus.
Desulfovibrionaceae Endodesulfobacter magneticusTs seqco.de/i:51446
Genus Midichloriella [Mi.di.chlo.ri.el'la] N.L. fem. dim. n. Midichloriella, little Midichloria, referencing the sister genus of this lineage and referring to the midichlorians, organisms within the fictional Star Wars universe
The description is the same as for the nomenclatural type Midichloriella endociliophora.
Midichloriaceae Midichloriella endociliophoraTs seqco.de/i:51341
Genus Protisticella [Pro.tis.ti.cel'la] N.L. neut. pl. n. Protista, protists; L. fem. n. cella, a store-room and, in biology, a cell; N.L. fem. n. Protisticella, a cell from protists, referring to the endosymbiotic interaction between this bacterium and its protist host
The description is the same as for the nomenclatural type Protisticella dordognensis.
Protisticellaceae Protisticella dordognensisTs seqco.de/i:51454
Species Endodesulfobacter magneticusTs [mag.ne'ti.cus.] L. masc. adj. magneticus, magnetic
Endosymbiotic rod-shaped bacterium of a freshwater magnetotactic ciliate forming magnetite magnetosomes.
Endodesulfobacter NCBI Assembly: GCA_965112965.1 Ts seqco.de/i:51447
Species Midichloriella endociliophoraTs [en.do.ci.li.o.pho'ra] Gr. pref. endo-, inside; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ciliophora, the Ciliophora phylum of protists; N.L. fem. adj. endociliophora, inside Ciliophora, referring to the endosymbiotic interaction between this bacterium and its Ciliophora host
Endosymbiotic rod-shaped bacteria of a freshwater magnetotactic ciliate.
Midichloriella NCBI Assembly: GCA_964213345.1 Ts seqco.de/i:51342
Species Protisticella dordognensisTs [dor.do.gnen'sis] N.L. fem. adj. dordognensis, of Dordogne, referring to the Dordogne region and the Dordogne River (France), where this organism was collected with its host
Endosymbiotic rod-shaped bacteria of a freshwater magnetotactic ciliate from the Dordogne River (France).
Protisticella NCBI Assembly: GCA_964213355.1 Ts seqco.de/i:51453