Species "Candidatus Ornithospirochaeta stercoravium"

Name: "Candidatus Ornithospirochaeta stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: ster.cor.a’vi.um. L. neut. n. stercus, dung; L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. stercoravium, of bird faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: or-ni-t^ho-spi-ro-K^HA͡E-ta ster-kor-A-wi-um, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 14700

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Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Ornithospirochaeta" 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. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 This species chosen by its authors as the type species of its non-monotypic genus was confirmed as the type species in Appendix 2 of Candidatus List No. 7.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Ornithospirochaeta" 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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