Name: "Neisseria benedictiae" Diallo et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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

Gender: feminine

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. 🇬🇧

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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Record number: 69898

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