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Genus Metaclostridioides
Name: Metaclostridioides Bello et al. 2024
Etymology: Me.ta.clos.tri.di.o.i’des. Gr. adv. meta, besides; N.L. neut. n. Clostridioides, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Metaclostridioides, a genus besides Clostridioides
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Metaclostridioid-), me-ta-klos-tri-di-o-I-des
Type species: Metaclostridioides mangenotii (Prévot and Zimmès-Chaverou 1947) Bello et al. 2024
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6301.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
McClung LS, McCoy E. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski 1880. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 634-693.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridioides Lawson et al. 2016.
Publication:
Lawson PA, Citron DM, Tyrrell KL, Finegold SM. Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prevot 1938. Anaerobe 2016; 40:95-99. 🇺🇸
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Inflabilis" Prévot 1938. Publication: Prévot AR, Zimmès-Chaverou J. Étude d'une nouvelle espèce anaérobie de Côte d'Ivoire : Inflabilis mangenoti. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1947; 73:602-604.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
McClung LS, McCoy E. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski 1880. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 634-693.
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 Metaclostridioides mangenotii (Prévot and Zimmès-Chaverou 1947) Bello et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010
Assigned by:
Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 43364
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