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Genus Vaginimicrobium
Name: Vaginimicrobium Diop et al. 2020
Etymology: Va.gi.ni.mi.cro’bi.um. L. fem. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Vaginimicrobium, a microbe from the vagina
Gender: neuter (stem: Vaginimicrobi-)
Type species: Vaginimicrobium propionicum Diop et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Diop K, Cadoret F, Nguyen TT, Baudoin JP, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Bretelle F, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Vaginimicrobium propionicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel propionic acid bacterium derived from human vaginal discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4091-4097. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Vaginimicrobium propionicum Diop et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Diop K, Cadoret F, Nguyen TT, Baudoin JP, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Bretelle F, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Vaginimicrobium propionicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel propionic acid bacterium derived from human vaginal discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4091-4097.
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Record number: 8774
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