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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Fusobacterium aquatile"

Name: "Fusobacterium aquatile" (Prévot 1938) Moore and Holdeman 1973

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.le. L. neut. adj. aquatile, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fu-so-bak-TE-ri-um a-KWA-ti-le, neuter

Original publication: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. New names and combinations in the genera Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers, Fusobacterium Knorr, Eubacterium Prévot, Propionibacterium Delwiche, and Lactobacillus Orla-Jensen. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:69-74.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. New names and combinations in the genera Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers, Fusobacterium Knorr, Eubacterium Prévot, Propionibacterium Delwiche, and Lactobacillus Orla-Jensen. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:69-74.

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Record number: 7228

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