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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Merdimmobilis

Name: Merdimmobilis Abdugheni et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Merd.im.mo.bi.lis. N.L. masc. n. Merdimmobilis, Merd. im.mo’bi.lis, a non-motile bacterium from faeces; L. fem. n. merda, faeces; L. masc./fem. adj. immobilis, immovable, motionless

Gender: masculine (stem: Merdimmobil-)

Type species: Merdimmobilis hominis Abdugheni et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abdugheni R, Li DH, Wang YJ, Du MX, Zhou N, Liu C, Liu SJ. Acidaminococcus homini s sp. nov., Amedibacillus hominis sp. nov., Lientehia hominis gen. nov. sp. nov., Merdimmobilis hominis gen. nov. sp. nov., and Paraeggerthella hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5648.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Abdugheni R, Li DH, Wang YJ, Du MX, Zhou N, Liu C, Liu SJ. Acidaminococcus homini s sp. nov., Amedibacillus hominis sp. nov., Lientehia hominis gen. nov. sp. nov., Merdimmobilis hominis gen. nov. sp. nov., and Paraeggerthella hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5648.

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Record number: 36092
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