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Genus "Candidatus Merdousia"
Name: "Candidatus Merdousia" Gilroy et al. 2021
Etymology: Merd.ou.si’a. L. fem. n. merda, dung; Gr. fem. n. ousia, an essence; N.L. fem. n. Merdousia, a microbe associated with faeces
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Merdousi-), merd-ou-SI-a
Type species: "Candidatus Merdousia gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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. 
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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Gilroy et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order Opitutales Choo et al. 2007.
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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🧕 Gilroy et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order Opitutales Choo et al. 2007.
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.
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 Merdousia gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Intestinicryptomonadaceae" corrig. Hitch et al. 2024
Assigned by:
Hitch TCA, Wylensek D, Bisdorf K, Buhl EM, Treichel N, Abt B, Overmann J, Clavel T. Harmonious naming across nomenclature codes exemplified by the description of bacterial isolates from the mammalian gut. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126543.
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Record number: 30498
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