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Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenae gen. nov. sp. nov.

Submitted by Rasmussen, Ejnar

Genus Vesicomyidisocius

Etymology
[Ve.si.co.my.i.di.so.ci'us] N.L. fem. pl. n. Vesicomyidae, a family of clams; L. masc. n. socius, companion; N.L. masc. n. Vesicomyidisocius, a companion of vesicomyid clams
Nomenclatural type
Species Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenaeTs
Description
Genus of a species of endosymbionts of the deep-sea clam Calyptogena okutanii called Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenae.
Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » “Gammaproteobacteria_incertae_sedis” » Pseudothioglobaceae » Vesicomyidisocius
References
Effective publication: Kuwahara et al., 2007 [1]
Corrigendum: Oren et al., 2020 [2] (from “Vesicomyosocius”)
Registry URL
https://seqco.de/i:33254

Species Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenaeTs

Etymology
[ca.lyp.to'ge.nae] N.L. gen. n. calyptogenae, of the clam genus Calyptogena
Nomenclatural type
Genome sc|0001404 Ts
Reference Strain
Strain sc|0038675: Monterey_2004
Description
An endosymbiont of the deep-sea clam Calyptogena okutanii. Is thioautotrophic and can synthesize almost all amino acids, various cofactors, and other nutrients for the host.
Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » “Gammaproteobacteria_incertae_sedis” » Pseudothioglobaceae » Vesicomyidisocius » Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenaeTs
References
Effective publication: Kuwahara et al., 2007 [1]
Corrigendum: Oren, 2017 [3] (from “Vesicomyosocius okutanii”)
Assigned taxonomically: Kuwahara et al., 2007 [1]
Registry URL
https://seqco.de/i:33253

References

  1. Kuwahara et al. (2007). Reduced Genome of the Thioautotrophic Intracellular Symbiont in a Deep-Sea Clam, Calyptogena okutanii. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.039
  2. Oren et al. (2020). Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003789
  3. Oren (2017). A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001715

Register List Certificate of Validation

On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:klbuosg9 submitted by Rasmussen, Ejnar and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.


Date of Priority: 2026-08-25 08:31 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:klbuosg9