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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Neisseria bergeri"

Name: "Neisseria bergeri" Bennett et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ber’ge.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. bergeri, referring to Berger

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ne͡is-SE-ri-a BER-ge-ri, feminine

Original publication: Bennett JS, Jolley KA, Earle SG, Corton C, Bentley SD, Parkhill J, Maiden MCJ. A genomic approach to bacterial taxonomy: an examination and proposed reclassification of species within the genus Neisseria. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1570-1580. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bennett JS, Jolley KA, Earle SG, Corton C, Bentley SD, Parkhill J, Maiden MCJ. A genomic approach to bacterial taxonomy: an examination and proposed reclassification of species within the genus Neisseria. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1570-1580. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 70713

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