Name: "Candidatus Onthomonas avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.vi’co.la. L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc./fem. n. avicola, inhabitant of birds

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ChiGjej6B6-14002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Original publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Onthomonas" Gilroy et al. 2021. Publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Onthomonas" Gilroy et al. 2021

Assigned by: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

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