Name: "Candidatus Merdivicinus intestinavium" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: in.tes.tin.a’vi.um. L. neut. adj. intestinum, gut; L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. intestinavium, of the gut of birds

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CHK188-1901

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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 Merdivicinus" 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: 31010