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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Bacteroides pullicola"

Name: "Candidatus Bacteroides pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pul.li’co.la. L. masc. adj. pullus, a young chicken; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc./fem. n. pullicola, an inhabitant of young chickens

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: Gambia2-208

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

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

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: 30651
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