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Genus Flintibacter
Name: Flintibacter Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Etymology: Flin.ti.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Flintibacter, rod-shaped bacterium named after Harry J. Flint, a microbiologist from Aberdeen, UK, who dedicated his career to the investigation of gut bacteria, especially butyrate producers and their role in health and disease
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Flintibacter-), flin-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: Flintibacter butyricus corrig. Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Lagkouvardos et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 🇩🇪
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; DSM: 3; CGMCC: 3; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Lagkouvardos et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Flintibacter butyricum Lagkouvardos et al. 2016 inaccurate spelling misspelling Flintibacter butyricus corrig. Lagkouvardos et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Flintibacter faecis" Liu et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name Flintibacter hominis Liu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Flintibacter muris Afrizal et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Flintibacter porci Niu et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Niu HY, Zhang J, Huang HJ, Sun XW, Chen HY, Wang XM, Liu C, Bi MX, Liu SJ. Flavonifractor porci sp. nov. and Flintibacter porci sp. nov., two novel butyrate-producing bacteria of the family Oscillospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6767. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 518836
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