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Genus Shuttleworthia
Name: Shuttleworthia Downes et al. 2002
Etymology: Shut.tle.wor’thi.a. N.L. fem. n. Shuttleworthia, named to honour Cyril Shuttleworth, the distinguished British microbiologist
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Shuttleworthi-), s͡hut-tle-WOR-thi-a
Type species: Shuttleworthia satelles Downes et al. 2002
Valid publication:
Downes J, Munson MA, Radford DR, Spratt DA, Wade WG. Shuttleworthia satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1469-1475. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Correct name: Shuttleworthella Deshmukh and Oren 2024
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Shuttleworthella Deshmukh and Oren 2024 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Shuttleworthella Deshmukh and Oren 2024.
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Shuttlesworthia"; "Shuttlewothia"; "Shuttlworthia".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧍 Later homonym of Shuttleworthia Meissner 1840 (higher plant) and of Shuttleworthia Baker 1941 (mollusc).
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Shuttleworthella Deshmukh and Oren 2024.
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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 Shuttleworthia satelles Downes et al. 2002 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym
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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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Record number: 516595
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