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Hepatoplasma crinochetorum sp. nov. and Hepatoplasma gen. nov.

Submitted by Chuvochina, Maria

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

Proposed Taxon Etymology Description Parent Taxon Type Registry URL
Genus Hepatoplasma [He.pa.to.plas'ma] Gr. n. hepar, hepatos , liver; Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or moulded, image, figure; N.L. neut. n. Hepatoplasma, a form from the liver
The description is the same as given to the type species by Wang et al. (2004). 
Hepatoplasmataceae Hepatoplasma crinochetorumTs seqco.de/i:23995
Species Hepatoplasma crinochetorumTs [cri.no.che.to'rum] N.L. gen. pl. n. crinochetorum, of isopods (Crinocheta)
Wang et al., 2004: spherical cells (diameter, 0.5 to 0.8 μm); no cell wall and outer membrane; forms stalk-like cytoplasmic appendages at one or two cell poles that attach to host epithelia or are involved in budding. Basis of assignment: 16S ribosomal DNA sequences (accession numbers AY500249 and AY500250 ), hybridization with 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe (5′-GTG AAA AAT TCC CTA CTG CTG-3′). Symbiont of P. scaber and other terrestrial isopods belonging to the taxon Crinocheta, located exclusively in the lumen of the hepatopancreas; so far uncultivated.
Hepatoplasma NCBI Assembly: GCA_000582535.1 Ts seqco.de/i:83