Name: "Candidatus Limiplasma merdipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: mer.di.pul.lo’rum. L. fem. n. merda, faeces; L. masc. adj. pullus, a young chicken; N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. merdipullorum, of the faeces of young chickens

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: ChiBcec16-3123

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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: "Candidatus Limiplasma" 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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Record number: 30944