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Genus Lachnobacterium
Name: Lachnobacterium Whitford et al. 2001
Etymology: Lach.no.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. lachnos, wool; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Lachnobacterium, woolly rod, after its colonial morphology on agar
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Lachnobacteri-), lakh-no-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Lachnobacterium bovis Whitford et al. 2001
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Whitford MF, Yanke LJ, Forster RJ, Teather RM. Lachnobacterium bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the rumen and faeces of cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1977-1981. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🎰 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 Lachnobacterium bovis Whitford et al. 2001 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921.
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Record number: 515910
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