Name: "Candidatus Limadaptatus stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ster.cor.a’vi.um. L. neut. n. stercus, dung; L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. stercoravium, of bird faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lim-ad-ap-TA-tus ster-kor-A-wi-um, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CHK154-227

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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: "Candidatus Limadaptatus" Gilroy et al. 2021

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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