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Genus Cellulosilyticum
Name: Cellulosilyticum Cai and Dong 2010
Etymology: Cel.lu.lo.si.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. n. Cellulosilyticum, a bacterium able to dissolve cellulose
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Cellulosilytic-), kel-lu-lo-si-LY-ti-kum
Type species: Cellulosilyticum ruminicola Cai and Dong 2010
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Cai S, Dong X. Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:845-849. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Cellulosilyticaceae Dong and Zhou 2023.
Publication:
Dong Z, Zhou L. Cellulosilyticaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2016, p. 1-3.
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🧕 Dong and Zhou (2016) assigned this genus to the family Cellulosilyticaceae Dong and Zhou 2023.
Publication:
Dong Z, Zhou L. Cellulosilyticaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2016, p. 1-3.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CGMCC: 1; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1; NCIMB: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Cellulosilyticaceae Dong and Zhou 2023.
Publication:
Dong Z, Zhou L. Cellulosilyticaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2016, p. 1-3.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cellulosilyticum lentocellum (Murray et al. 1987) Cai and Dong 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Candidatus Cellulosilyticum pullistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name Cellulosilyticum ruminicola Cai and Dong 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Cai S, Dong X. Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:845-849.
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Record number: 517961
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