Genus "Fusimonas"

Name: "Fusimonas" Kusada et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fu.si’mo.nas. L. masc. n. fusus, spindle; L. fem. n. monas, a unit; N.L. fem. n. Fusimonas, a spindle-shaped bacterium (unit)

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Fusimonad-), fu-SI-mo-nas

Type species: "Fusimonas intestini" Kusada et al. 2017

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kusada H, Kameyama K, Meng XY, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. Fusimonas intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel intestinal bacterium of the family Lachnospiraceae associated with diabetes in mice. Sci Rep 2017; 7:18087. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Fusimanas".

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Fusimonas intestini" Kusada et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Kusada H, Kameyama K, Meng XY, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. Fusimonas intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel intestinal bacterium of the family Lachnospiraceae associated with diabetes in mice. Sci Rep 2017; 7:18087. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 324

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Genus "Fusimonas"