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Genus Amedibacillus
Name: Amedibacillus Ikeyama et al. 2020
Etymology: A.me.di.ba.cil’lus. English n. AMED, acronym for the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Amedibacillus, a small rod from the AMED.
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Amedibacill-), a-me-di-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: Amedibacillus dolichus (Moore et al. 1976) Ikeyama et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ikeyama N, Toyoda A, Morohoshi S, Kunihiro T, Murakami T, Mori H, Iino T, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M. Amedibacterium intestinale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium dolichum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) as Amedibacillus dolichus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3656-3664. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4848-4850.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Absiella Paek et al. 2020.
Publication:
Paek J, Shin Y, Kim JS, Kim H, Kook JK, Paek WK, Chang YH. Description of Absiella argi gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Eubacterium dolichum and Eubacterium tortuosum to the genus Absiella as Absiella dolichum comb. nov. and Absiella tortuosum comb. nov. Anaerobe 2017; 48:70-75. 🇰🇷
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Moore WEC, Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Emendation of Bacteriodaceae and Butyrivibrio and descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and ten new species in the genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:238-252.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Absiella Paek et al. 2020.
Publication:
Paek J, Shin Y, Kim JS, Kim H, Kook JK, Paek WK, Chang YH. Description of Absiella argi gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Eubacterium dolichum and Eubacterium tortuosum to the genus Absiella as Absiella dolichum comb. nov. and Absiella tortuosum comb. nov. Anaerobe 2017; 48:70-75.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Amedibacillus dolichus (Moore et al. 1976) Ikeyama et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Amedibacillus hominis Abdugheni et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004
Assigned by:
Ikeyama N, Toyoda A, Morohoshi S, Kunihiro T, Murakami T, Mori H, Iino T, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M. Amedibacterium intestinale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium dolichum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) as Amedibacillus dolichus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3656-3664. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 8285
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