Name: "Candidatus Coproplasma" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Co.pro.plas’ma. Gr. fem. n. kopros, dung; Gr. neut. n. plasma, a form; N.L. neut. n. Coproplasma, a microbe associated with faeces

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Coproplasmat-), ko-pro-PLAS-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Coproplasma stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The distinct name Caccoplasma from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

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: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Coproplasma avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma avistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma excrementavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma excrementigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma excrementipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma stercorigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Coproplasma stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Borkfalkiaceae" Hildebrand et al. 2020

Assigned by: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

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