Name: "Digestivibacterium" Liu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Di.ges.ti.vi.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. adj. digestivus, pertaining to digestion; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Digestivibacterium, a rod from the digestive system

Gender: neuter (stem: Digestivibacteri-)

Type species: "Digestivibacterium intestinale" Liu et al. 2020

Original publication: Liu C, Zhou N, Du MX, Sun YT, Wang K, Wang YJ, Li DH, Yu HY, Song Y, Bai BB, et al. The Mouse Gut Microbial Biobank expands the coverage of cultured bacteria. Nat Commun 2020; 11:79. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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: 1

Parent taxon: Anaerovoracaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 70564

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