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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Umbribacter

Name: Umbribacter Srinivasan et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Um.bri.bac’ter. L. fem. n. umbra, ghost or shadow; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Umbribacter, a ghost-like bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Umbribacter-), um-bri-BAK-ter

Type species: Umbribacter vaginalis Srinivasan et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivasan S, Strenk SM, Beamer MA, Fiedler TL, Proll S, Acevedo-Oquendo GR, Bonura GM, Nagana Gowda GA, Raftery D, Hillier SL, et al. Umbribacter vaginalis gen. nov., sp. nov.: novel bacterium isolated from the human vagina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6931. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Eggerthellaceae Gupta et al. 2013

Assigned by: Srinivasan S, Strenk SM, Beamer MA, Fiedler TL, Proll S, Acevedo-Oquendo GR, Bonura GM, Nagana Gowda GA, Raftery D, Hillier SL, et al. Umbribacter vaginalis gen. nov., sp. nov.: novel bacterium isolated from the human vagina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6931. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 67713
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