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Genus "Bittarella"
Name: "Bittarella" Durand et al. 2017
Etymology: Bit.ta.rel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Bittarella, referring to Bittar
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Bittarell-), bit-ta-REL-la
Type species: "Bittarella massiliensis" Durand et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Durand GA, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Edouard S. 'Bittarella massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated by culturomics from the gut of a healthy 28-year-old man. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 16:28-29. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Durand et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
Durand GA, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Edouard S. 'Bittarella massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated by culturomics from the gut of a healthy 28-year-old man. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 16:28-29.
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Bittarella" Liu et al. 2021.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CSUR: 1.
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🧕 Durand et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
Durand GA, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Edouard S. 'Bittarella massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated by culturomics from the gut of a healthy 28-year-old man. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 16:28-29.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Bittarella massiliensis" Durand et al. 2017 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119.
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Record number: 481
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