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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacteroides cellulolyticus

Name: Bacteroides cellulolyticus Hitch et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. cellulolyticus, cellulose-dissolving [probably better: cellulosilyticus]

Pronunciation, gender: kel-lu-lo-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 102145; JCM 35042; Sanger_22

Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 205. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.

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Record number: 28870
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