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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Pilosibacter

Name: Pilosibacter Yan et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pi.lo.si.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. pilosus, hairy; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Pilosibacter, a rod-shaped bacterium with multiple flagella

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pilosibacter-), pi-lo-si-BAK-ter

Type species: Pilosibacter fragilis Yan et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yan Y, Zhao Q-h, Xu C, Wei R-q, Jiang H, Liu S-j. Anaerolentibacter hominis gen. nov. sp. nov., Diplocloster hominis sp. nov. and Pilosibacter fragilis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yan Y, Zhao Q-h, Xu C, Wei R-q, Jiang H, Liu S-j. Anaerolentibacter hominis gen. nov. sp. nov., Diplocloster hominis sp. nov. and Pilosibacter fragilis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 48119
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