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Genus Kineothrix
Name: Kineothrix Haas and Blanchard 2017
Etymology: Ki’ne.o.thrix. Gr. ind. v. kineô, to move; Gr. fem. n. thrix (gen. trichos), hair; N.L. fem. n. Kineothrix, a moving hair, recognizing the unusual and distinctive cellular morphology of the type species, long filamentous chains of cells that appear like strands of hair
Gender: feminine (stem: Kineotrich-)
Type species: Kineothrix alysoides Haas and Blanchard 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Kineothrix alysoides, gen. nov., sp. nov., a saccharolytic butyrate-producer within the family Lachnospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:402-410. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.
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: "Kinoethrix".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Kineothrix alysoides Haas and Blanchard 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Kineothrix sedimenti Biderre-Petit et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Kineothrix alysoides, gen. nov., sp. nov., a saccharolytic butyrate-producer within the family Lachnospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:402-410.
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Record number: 519131
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