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Genus "Obesitatibacterium"
Name: "Obesitatibacterium" Liu et al. 2020
Etymology: O.be.si.ta.ti.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. n. obesitas, obesity; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Obesitatibacterium, a rod from an obese host
Gender: neuter (stem: Obesitatibacteri-)
Type species: "Obesitatibacterium 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. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1.
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🧍 The distinct name Obesimuribacterium from the same publication has a similar spelling.
Publication:
Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Obesitatibacterium intestinale" Liu et al. 2020 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004
Assigned by:
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. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 70587
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