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Genus Longicatena
Name: Longicatena Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Etymology: Lon.gi.ca.te’na. L. masc. adj. longus, long; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. Longicatena, the type strain of the type species grows as long chains
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Longicaten-), lon-gi-ka-TE-na
Type species: Longicatena caecimuris Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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 Longicatena caecimuris Lagkouvardos et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004
Assigned by:
Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131.
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Record number: 518840
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