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Genus "Candidatus Cacconaster"
Name: "Candidatus Cacconaster" Gilroy et al. 2022
Etymology: Cac.co.nas’ter. Gr. fem. n. kakkê, dung; Gr. masc. n. nastêr, an inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Cacconaster, a microbe associated with faeces
Gender: masculine (stem: Cacconaster-)
Type species: "Candidatus Cacconaster caballi" Gilroy et al. 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Gilroy R, Leng J, Ravi A, Adriaenssens EM, Oren A, Baker D, La Ragione RM, Proudman C, Pallen MJ. Metagenomic investigation of the equine faecal microbiome reveals extensive taxonomic diversity. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13084. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Cacconaster caballi" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Cacconaster equi" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Cacconaster equifaecalis" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Cacconaster merdequi" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Cacconaster scatequi" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Cacconaster stercorequi" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteroidales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 35748
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