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Species "Nigerium massiliense"

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Name: "Nigerium massiliense" Traore et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, the place where the strain SIT5 was isolated

Pronunciation: mas-si-li-EN-se

Nomenclatural type: SIT5

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16S rRNA gene: LK985392 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Traore SI, Brah S, Delerce J, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Edouard S. “Nigerium massiliense” gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the gut from a patient with acute malnutrition. Human Microbiome Journal 2016; 1:12-13.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Nigerium]

Assigned by: Traore SI, Brah S, Delerce J, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Edouard S. “Nigerium massiliense” gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the gut from a patient with acute malnutrition. Human Microbiome Journal 2016; 1:12-13.

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Record number: 37646
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