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Genus Pelistega
Name: Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. peleia, pigeon; Gr. fem. n. stegê, roof, chamber, house (or stega); N.L. fem. n. Pelistega, refers to the bacteria living in pigeons
Gender: feminine (stem: Pelisteg-)
Type species: Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Vandamme P, Segers P, Ryll M, Hommez J, Vancanneyt M, Coopman R, De Baere R, Van de Peer Y, Kersters K, De Wachter R, et al. Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:431-440. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pelistoga".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 2; CIP: 2; DSM: 1; CECT: 1; JCM: 1; MCC: 1; ATCC: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pelistega indica Prakash et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pelistega ratti Zhou et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pelistega suis Vela et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986
Assigned by:
Prakash O, Munot H, Nimonkar Y, Sharma M, Kumbhare S, Shouche YS. Description of Pelistega indica sp. nov., isolated from human gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1389-1394.
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Record number: 517310
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