Genus Flintibacter
Name: Flintibacter Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Etymology: Flin.ti.bac.ter. N.L. n. Flint, name Flint; 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: masculine (stem: Flintibacter-)
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. 
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:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; DSM: 3; CGMCC: 2; JCM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5
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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 (not correct 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
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 518836
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