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Genus Bovifimicola
Name: Bovifimicola Hitch et al. 2025
Etymology: Bo.vi.fi.mi’co.la. L. masc./fem. n. bos, an ox, a bull, a cow; L. neut. n. fimum, dung; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant of; N.L. fem. n. Bovifimicola, a microbe frequently occurring in the faeces of cattle (not derived from Fimicola)
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Bovifimicol-), bo-wi-fi-MI-ko-la
Type species: Bovifimicola ammoniilytica Hitch et al. 2025
Effective publication:
Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
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 Bovifimicola ammoniilytica Hitch et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 57285
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