Name: Mucinivorans Nelson et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mu.ci.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. mucinum, mucin; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. masc. n. Mucinivorans, mucin consumer

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Mucinivorant-), mu-ki-NI-wo-rans

Type species: Mucinivorans hirudinis Nelson et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nelson MC, Bomar L, Maltz M, Graf J. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:990-995.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mucivorans".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mucinivorans hirudinis Nelson et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rikenellaceae Krieg et al. 2012

Assigned by: Nelson MC, Bomar L, Maltz M, Graf J. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:990-995.

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