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Genus Porcipelethomonas
Name: Porcipelethomonas Hitch et al. 2025
Etymology: Por.ci.pe.le.tho’mo.nas. L. masc. n. porcus, a piglet; Gr. masc. n. pelethos, dung; L. fem. n. monas, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Porcipelethomonas, a microbe frequently occurring in the faeces of pigs
Gender: feminine (stem: Porcipelethomonad-)
Type species: Porcipelethomonas ammoniilytica Hitch et al. 2025
Effective publication:
Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hitch et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Hitch et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Porcipelethomonas ammoniilytica Hitch et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 57287
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