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Name: "Candidatus Anaerotignum merdipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021
Etymology: mer.di.pul.lo’rum. L. fem. n. merda, faeces; L. masc. adj. pullus, a young chicken; N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. merdipullorum, of the faeces of young chickens
Nomenclatural type: CHK190-6203
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Original 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
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Anaerotignum Ueki et al. 2017
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: 30602