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Genus "Candidatus Paralachnospira"
Name: "Candidatus Paralachnospira" Glendinning et al. 2021
Etymology: Pa.ra.lach.no.spi’ra. Gr. prep. para, next to, resembling; N.L. fem. n. Lachnospira, a genus name; N.L. fem. n. Paralachnospira, organism related to the genus Lachnospira
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Paralachnospir-), pa-ra-lakh-no-SPI-ra
Type species: "Candidatus Paralachnospira avium" 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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Notes:
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🧍 The distinct name Metalachnospira 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.
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🧍 The distinct name Metalachnospira 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: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Paralachnospira avium" Glendinning et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Paralachnospira caecorum" Glendinning et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Paralachnospira sangeri" Glendinning et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
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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Record number: 35572
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