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Genus Ileibacterium
Name: Ileibacterium Cox et al. 2017
Etymology: I.le.i.bac.te’ri.um. L. neut. n. ileum, the distal part of the small intestine; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Ileibacterium, a rod from the ileum
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Ileibacteri-), i-le-i-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Ileibacterium valens Cox et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Cox LM, Sohn J, Tyrrell KL, Citron DM, Lawson PA, Patel NB, Iizumi T, Perez-Perez GI, Goldstein EJC, Blaser MJ. Description of two novel members of the family Erysipelotrichaceae: Ileibacterium valens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dubosiella newyorkensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., from the murine intestine, and emendation to the description of Faecalibaculum rodentium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1247-1254. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ileobacterium".
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Ileibacterium" Mailhe et al. 2017.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
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 Ileibacterium valens Cox et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004
Assigned by:
Cox LM, Sohn J, Tyrrell KL, Citron DM, Lawson PA, Patel NB, Iizumi T, Perez-Perez GI, Goldstein EJC, Blaser MJ. Description of two novel members of the family Erysipelotrichaceae: Ileibacterium valens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dubosiella newyorkensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., from the murine intestine, and emendation to the description of Faecalibaculum rodentium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1247-1254.
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Record number: 519174
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