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Genus "Candidatus Heteroscillospira"
Name: "Candidatus Heteroscillospira" corrig. Glendinning et al. 2021
Etymology: He.ter.os.cil.lo.spi’ra. Gr. masc. adj. heteros, different; N.L. fem. n. Oscillospira, a genus name; N.L. fem. n. Heteroscillospira, a new organism related to the genus Oscillospira
Gender: feminine (stem: Heteroscillospir-)
Type species: "Candidatus Heteroscillospira lomanii" corrig. Glendinning et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Heteroscilispira" Glendinning et al. 2021 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Heteroscilispira" Glendinning et al. 2021.
Publication:
Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60.
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🧍 The distinct name Alloscillospira from the same publication has a similar spelling.
Publication:
Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Heteroscilispira" Glendinning et al. 2021.
Publication:
Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60.
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 Heteroscillospira lomanii" corrig. Glendinning et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60.
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Record number: 35356
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