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Genus "Candidatus Pullilachnospira"
Name: "Candidatus Pullilachnospira" Gilroy et al. 2021
Etymology: Pul.li.lach.no.spi’ra. L. masc. adj. pullus, a young chicken; N.L. fem. n. Lachnospira, a genus name; N.L. fem. n. Pullilachnospira, a genus related to the genus Lachnospira but distinct from it and found in poultry
Gender: feminine (stem: Pullilachnospir-)
Type species: "Candidatus Pullilachnospira stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941. 
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 Avilachnospira 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 Avilachnospira 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 Pullilachnospira gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Pullilachnospira intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Pullilachnospira stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.
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Record number: 30518
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