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Genus "Africanella"

Name: "Africanella" Alou et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Af.ri.ca.ne’lla. N.L. fem. dim. n. Africanella, of Africa, where the patient from whom strain Marseille-P2538 was isolated lived

Gender: feminine (stem: Africanell-)

Type species: "Africanella massiliensis" Alou et al. 2016

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Alou MT, Fournier PE, Raoult D. "Africanella massiliensis," a new bacterial genus isolated from human gut microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 12:99-100. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

  • Notes:
    • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
    • 💥 This name is a homonym of Africanella Vermeij and Houart, 1999 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Alou MT, Fournier PE, Raoult D. "Africanella massiliensis," a new bacterial genus isolated from human gut microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 12:99-100. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 49089