Name: "Neisseria benedictiae" Diallo et al. 2019
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. benedictiae, after Julia Bennett, who pioneered the genomic work of N. bergeri isolates and the speciation of Neisseria with cgMLST approaches
Nomenclatural type: no type strain designated
Original publication:
Diallo K, MacLennan J, Harrison OB, Msefula C, Sow SO, Daugla DM, Johnson E, Trotter C, MacLennan CA, Parkhill J, et al. Genomic characterization of novel Neisseria species. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13742. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Diallo K, MacLennan J, Harrison OB, Msefula C, Sow SO, Daugla DM, Johnson E, Trotter C, MacLennan CA, Parkhill J, et al. Genomic characterization of novel Neisseria species. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13742. 🇬🇧
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