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Genus Anaerotruncus
Name: Anaerotruncus Lawson et al. 2004
Etymology: An.ae.ro.trun’cus. Gr. pref. an-, without (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. masc. n. truncus, stick; N.L. masc. n. Anaerotruncus, a stick that lives without air
Gender: masculine (stem: Anaerotrunc-)
Type species: Anaerotruncus colihominis Lawson et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lawson PA, Song Y, Liu C, Molitoris DR, Vaisanen ML, Collins MD, Finegold SM. Anaerotruncus colihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:413-417. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Rainey FA. Family VIII. Ruminococcaceae fam. 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. 1016.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CIP: 1; JCM: 1; CCUG: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Anaerotruncus colihominis Lawson et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Candidatus Anaerotruncus excrementipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Anaerotruncus massiliensis" Togo et al. 2019 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Anaerotruncus rubiinfantis" Pham et al. 2017 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Anaerotruncus rubiinfantis" Lagier et al. 2016 not validly published synonym (and no standing)
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
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