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Genus "Candidatus Equibacterium"
Name: "Candidatus Equibacterium" Gilroy et al. 2022
Etymology: E.qui.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. n. equus, a horse; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Equibacterium, a microbe associated with horses
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Equibacteri-), e-kwi-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: "Candidatus Equibacterium intestinale" Gilroy et al. 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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)
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Equibacterium intestinale" Gilroy et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteroidales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 35763
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