Name: "Murimicrobium" Liu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mu.ri.mi.cro’bi.um. L. masc./fem. n. mus (gen. muris), a mouse; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Murimicrobium, a microbe from a mouse

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Murimicrobi-), mu-ri-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: "Murimicrobium intestinale" Liu et al. 2020

Original publication: Liu C, Zhou N, Du MX, Sun YT, Wang K, Wang YJ, Li DH, Yu HY, Song Y, Bai BB, et al. The Mouse Gut Microbial Biobank expands the coverage of cultured bacteria. Nat Commun 2020; 11:79. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Anaerovoracaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 70578
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