Name: "Candidatus Equadaptatus" Gilroy et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.qu.ad.ap.ta’tus. L. masc. n. equus, a horse; L. masc. perf. part. adaptatus, adapted to; N.L. masc. n. Equadaptatus, a microbe associated with horses

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Equadaptat-), e-kwu-ad-ap-TA-tus

Type species: "Candidatus Equadaptatus faecalis" Gilroy et al. 2022

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)

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: Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 35995
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