Name: "Candidatus Limicola" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, dung; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc. n. Limicola, a microbe associated with faeces

Gender: masculine (stem: Limicol-)

Type species: "Candidatus Limicola stercorigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021

Original publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Allolimicola" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Allolimicola" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The distinct name Fimicola 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Limicola stercorigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

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