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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Ventrisoma"

Name: "Candidatus Ventrisoma" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ven.tri.so’ma. L. masc. n. venter, the belly; Gr. neut. n. sôma, a body; N.L. neut. n. Ventrisoma, a microbe associated with faeces

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Ventrisomat-), wen-tri-SO-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Ventrisoma faecale" 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

Subdivision:

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: 1

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: 30539
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