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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Escherichia hominis"

Name: "Escherichia hominis" Liu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, referring to the human gut habitat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e-s͡he-RI-khi-a HO-mi-nis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.32849; NSJ 73

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: Escherichia 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: 36854

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