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Genus Howardella
Name: Howardella Cook et al. 2007
Etymology: Ho.war.del’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Howardella, to honour the New Zealand microbiologist Bernard Howard, in recognition of his many contributions to anaerobic microbiology
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Howardell-), ho-war-DEL-la
Type species: Howardella ureilytica Cook et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Cook AR, Riley PW, Murdoch H, Evans PN, McDonald IR. Howardella ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, coccoid-shaped bacterium from a sheep rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2940-2945. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Howardella ureilytica Cook et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Patil Y, Junghare M, Pester M, Muller N, Schink B. Anaerobium acetethylicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, gluconate-fermenting bacterium isolated from a methanogenic bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3289-3296.
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Record number: 515325
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