Name: "Candidatus Metalachnospira" Glendinning et al. 2021
Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus
Etymology: Me.ta.lach.no.spi’ra. Gr. adv. meta, besides; N.L. fem. n. Lachnospira, a genus name; N.L. fem. n. Metalachnospira, organism related to the genus Lachnospira
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Metalachnospir-), me-ta-lakh-no-SPI-ra
Type species: "Candidatus Metalachnospira gallinarum" Glendinning et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60. 
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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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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
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| "Candidatus Metalachnospira gallinarum" Glendinning et al. 2021 | not validly published | pro-correct name |
Parent taxon: [Eubacteriales, not assigned to family]
Assigned by:
Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪
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