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Genus Roseburia
Name: Roseburia Stanton and Savage 1983
Etymology: Ro.se.bu’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Roseburia, named in honor of Theodor Rosebury, an American microbiologist who studied and described micro-organisms indigenous to humans
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Roseburi-), ro-se-BU-ri-a
Type species: Roseburia cecicola Stanton and Savage 1983
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Stanton TB, Savage DC. Roseburia cecicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a motile, obligately anaerobic bacterium from a mouse cecum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:618-627. 
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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: "Rosebura"; "Rosehuria".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; CGMCC: 5; NCIMB: 4; KCTC: 3; JCM: 2; ATCC: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RSBR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 13
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Roseburia amylophila Hitch et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseburia cecicola Stanton and Savage 1983 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseburia difficilis Liu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Roseburia faecalis" Janczyk et al. 2007 not validly published preferred name Roseburia faecis Duncan et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseburia hominis Duncan et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseburia intestinalis Duncan et al. 2002 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseburia inulinivorans Duncan et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseburia lenta Liu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Roseburia porci Wylensek et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Roseburia rectibacter" Liu et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name "Roseburia yibonii" Liu et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name Roseburia zhanii Liu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921. 🇧🇪
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