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Genus Bilifractor
Name: Bilifractor Wylensek et al. 2021
Etymology: Bi.li.frac’tor. L. gen. fem. n. bilis, bile; L. masc. n. fractor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Bilifractor, breaker of bile, pertaining to the strong BSH activity of the type strain of the type species on agar plates
Gender: masculine (stem: Bilifractor-)
Type species: Bilifractor porci Wylensek et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Wylensek D, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Afrizal A, Kumar N, Wortmann E, Liu T, Devendran S, Lesker TR, Hernandez SB, et al. A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6389. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Bilifractor porci Wylensek et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Wylensek D, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Afrizal A, Kumar N, Wortmann E, Liu T, Devendran S, Lesker TR, Hernandez SB, et al. A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6389.
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Record number: 20196
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