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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Nigeribacterium"

Name: "Nigeribacterium" Khare et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.ge.ri.bac.te.ri’um. N.L. neut. n. Nigeribacterium, combination of Niger, the country where the patient from whom the type strain was isolated, lived, and bacterium

Gender: neuter (stem: Nigeribacteri-)

Type species: "Nigeribacterium massiliense" Khare et al. 2021

Original publication: Khare M, Sinha D, Zgheib R, Traore SI, Lagier JC, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Genomic description and characterization of Nigeribacterium massiliense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human gut. Microbes Infect 2021; 23:104842.

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: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Khare M, Sinha D, Zgheib R, Traore SI, Lagier JC, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Genomic description and characterization of Nigeribacterium massiliense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human gut. Microbes Infect 2021; 23:104842.

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Record number: 15354
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