Name: "Proshigella" Borman et al. 1944

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.shig.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Shigella, named after K. Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who first discovered the dysentery bacillus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Proshigella

Gender: feminine (stem: Proshigell-)

Type species: "Proshigella dispar" (Andrewes 1918) Borman et al. 1944

Original publication: Borman, E. K, Stuart, C. A, Wheeler. K. Taxonomy of the family Enterobacteriaceae. J. Bact. 1944; 48:351-367.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Borman, E. K, Stuart, C. A, Wheeler. K. Taxonomy of the family Enterobacteriaceae. J. Bact. 1944; 48:351-367.

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Record number: 19179
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