Name: Bullifex Wylensek et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bul’li.fex. L. fem. n. bulla, bubble; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, maker; from L. inf. v. facere, to make; N.L. masc. n. Bullifex, a producer of bubbles, pertaining to the very peculiar cell morphology of the type strain of the type species

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Bullific-), BUL-li-fex

Type species: Bullifex 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

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bullifex porci Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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