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Name: Alistipes Rautio et al. 2003
Etymology: A.li.sti.pes. L. masc. pron. alius, other; L. masc. n. stipes, a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, stick; N.L. masc. n. Alistipes, the other stick
Gender: masculine (stem: Alistipit-)
Type species: Alistipes putredinis (Weinberg et al. 1937) Rautio et al. 2003
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Rautio M, Eerola E, Vaisanen-Tunkelrott ML, Molitoris D, Lawson P, Collins MD, Jousimies-Somer H. Reclassification of Bacteroides putredinis (Weinberg et al., 1937) in a new genus Alistipes gen. nov., as Alistipes putredinis comb. nov., and description of Alistipes finegoldii sp. nov., from human sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:182-188.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 94. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1701-1702.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 40
Parent taxon: Rikenellaceae Krieg et al. 2012
Assigned by:
Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Family III. Rikenellaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 54.
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Record number: 515078