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Genus Merdimonas
Name: Merdimonas Seo et al. 2017
Etymology: Mer.di’mo.nas. L. fem. n. merda, faeces; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Merdimonas, a stool monad, referring to the origin from stool
Gender: feminine (stem: Merdimonad-)
Type species: Merdimonas faecis Seo et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Seo B, Yoo JE, Lee YM, Ko G. Merdimonas faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2430-2435. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.
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 Merdimonas faecis Seo et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Seo B, Yoo JE, Lee YM, Ko G. Merdimonas faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2430-2435.
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Record number: 519210
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