Name: Gilliamella Kwong and Moran 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gil.li.am’el.la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Gilliamella, named after Martha A. Gilliam, for her contributions to the early study of honey bee microbes

Gender: feminine (stem: Gilliamell-)

Type species: Gilliamella apicola Kwong and Moran 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kwong and Moran (2013) assigned this genus to the order Orbales Kwong and Moran 2013. Publication: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Galliimella"; "Gilliamelia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; LMG: 5; NCIMB: 2; ATCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gilliamella apicola Kwong and Moran 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Gilliamella apicola" Martinson et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Gilliamella apis Ludvigsen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gilliamella bombi Praet et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gilliamella bombicola Praet et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Gilliamella eristali" Li et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gilliamella intestini Praet et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gilliamella mensalis Praet et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Orbaceae Kwong and Moran 2013

Assigned by: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018.

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