Name: "Diplococcus magnus" Prévot 1933

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mag’nus. L. masc. adj. magnus, big

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15794; CCUG 17636; DSM 20470; GIFU 7629; NCTC 11804

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Original publication: Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 1933; 15:23-260.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Finegoldia magna (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peptococcus magnus (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prévot 1933) Ezaki et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Finegoldia magna (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: [Diplococcus]

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 1933; 15:23-260.

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Record number: 4197