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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacteroides difficilis"

Name: "Bacteroides difficilis" Liu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: diff’i.cil.is. L. masc. adj. difficilis, difficult, because it is difficult to cultivate

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: 16S rRNA sequence accession number in NMDC is NMDCN0000115; CGMCC 1.32850; NSJ 74

Original publication: Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119.

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Record number: 36848
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