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Genus Drancourtella
Name: Drancourtella Durand et al. 2023
Etymology: Dran.cour.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Drancourtella, name was chosen in honor of the French microbiologist Michel Drancourt (Universite’ de la Me’diterrane’e, Marseille, France)
Gender: feminine (stem: Drancourtell-)
Type species: Drancourtella massiliensis Durand et al. 2023
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Durand GA, Lagier JC, Khelaifia S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Rathored J, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Drancourtella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from fresh healthy human faecal sample from South France. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 11:34-42. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Durand et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
Durand GA, Lagier JC, Khelaifia S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Rathored J, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Drancourtella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from fresh healthy human faecal sample from South France. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 11:34-42.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CSUR: 1.
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🧕 Durand et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
Durand GA, Lagier JC, Khelaifia S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Rathored J, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Drancourtella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from fresh healthy human faecal sample from South France. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 11:34-42.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Drancourtella massiliensis Durand et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
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Record number: 36148
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