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Genus Brotomerdimonas
Name: Brotomerdimonas Hitch et al. 2025
Etymology: Bro.to.mer.di’mo.nas. Gr. masc. n. brôtos, a mortal human; L. fem. n. merda, dung; L. fem. n. monas, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Brotomerdimonas, a microbe from the faeces of humans
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Brotomerdimonad-), bro-to-mer-DI-mo-nas
Type species: Brotomerdimonas butyrica 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 Brotomerdimonas butyrica Hitch et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: [Eubacteriales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 57286
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