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Genus Allobaculum
Name: Allobaculum Greetham et al. 2006
Etymology: Al.lo.ba’cu.lum. Gr. masc. pron. allos, the other; L. neut. n. baculum, a stick, staff, rod; N.L. neut. n. Allobaculum, the other small rod
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Allobacul-), al-lo-BA-ku-lum
Type species: Allobaculum stercoricanis Greetham et al. 2006
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Hippe H, Merkhoffer B, Steiner U, Falsen E, Collins MD. Allobaculum stercoricanis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from canine feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:301-307. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Allobacterium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NCTC: 2; CCUG: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Allobaculum fili Van Muijlwijk et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name Allobaculum mucilyticum Van Muijlwijk et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Allobaculum mucolyticum" van Muijlwijk et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name Allobaculum stercoricanis Greetham et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004
Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
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Record number: 515089
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