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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Neisseria uirgultaei"

Name: "Neisseria uirgultaei" Diallo et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. uirgultaei, Named in honor of Sir Brian Greenwood, director of the MenAfriCar project. The epithet is derived from the latinized form of his surname. [probably better: virgulti]

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: 12_13955_XS2_1

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: 69902

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