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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Luxibacter"

Name: "Luxibacter" Naud et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lu.xi.bac’ter. L. fem. n. lux, light; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Luxibacter, ‘bacterium from light’, in reference to the LUMIERE project in France

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Luxibacter-), lu-ksi-BAK-ter

Type species: "Luxibacter massiliensis" Naud et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Naud S, Bellali S, Anani H, Lo CI, Yacouba A, Tidjani Alou M, Armstrong N, Bonvalet M, Zitvogel L, Raoult D, et al. Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2021; 40:100850. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Naud S, Bellali S, Anani H, Lo CI, Yacouba A, Tidjani Alou M, Armstrong N, Bonvalet M, Zitvogel L, Raoult D, et al. Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2021; 40:100850. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 18669
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