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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris"

Name: "Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: gal.li.ster’co.ris. L. masc. n. gallus, chicken; L. neut. n. stercus, dung; N.L. gen. neut. n. gallistercoris, of chicken faeces

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: 4376

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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: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (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: 30743
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