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Genus "Candidatus Limicola"
Name: "Candidatus Limicola" Gilroy et al. 2021
Etymology: Li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, dung; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; L. masc. n. Limicola, a microbe associated with faeces
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Limicol-), li-MI-ko-la
Type species: "Candidatus Limicola stercorigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021
Effective 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. 
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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
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Allolimicola" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Allolimicola" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧍 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.
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🧍 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Limicola stercorigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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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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Record number: 30485
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