Species "Candidatus Avibacteroides avistercoris"

Name: "Candidatus Avibacteroides avistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: a.vi.ster’co.ris. L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; L. neut. n. stercus, dung; N.L. gen. neut. n. avistercoris, of bird faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-wi-bak-ter-o-I-des a-wi-STER-ko-ris, masculine

Nomenclatural type: MalCec1-1739

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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

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The distinct name Gallibacteroides avistercoris from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Avibacteroides" Gilroy et al. 2021

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: 30627