Name: "Candidatus Allofournierella merdigallinarum" (Gilroy et al. 2021) Oren and Molinari Novoa 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Basonym: "Candidatus Fournierella merdigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021

Etymology: mer.di.gal.li.na’rum. L. fem. n. merda, faeces; L. fem. n. gallina, hen; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. merdigallinarum, of hen faeces

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: 6296

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Original publication: Oren A, Molinari Novoa EA. Proposal of Allocatenococcus gen. nov., Allocoenonia gen. nov. and Allofournierella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Catenococcus Sorokin 1994, Coenonia Vandamme et al. 1999 and Fournierella Togo et al. 2017, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6547.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Fournierella merdigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Parent taxon: Allofournierella Oren and Molinari Novoa 2024

Assigned by: Oren A, Molinari Novoa EA. Proposal of Allocatenococcus gen. nov., Allocoenonia gen. nov. and Allofournierella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Catenococcus Sorokin 1994, Coenonia Vandamme et al. 1999 and Fournierella Togo et al. 2017, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6547.

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Record number: 54645