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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Peptoniphilus raoultii"

Name: "Peptoniphilus raoultii" Diop et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.oul’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. raoultii, of Raoult, to honor French scientist Professor Didier Raoult for his outstanding contribution to medical microbiology

Pronunciation, gender: ra-OUL-ti-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P0110; KHD4

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16S rRNA gene: LN998068 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Diop K, Diop A, Michelle C, Richez M, Rathored J, Bretelle F, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Description of three new Peptoniphilus species cultured in the vaginal fluid of a woman diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis: Peptoniphilus pacaensis sp. nov., Peptoniphilus raoultii sp. nov., and Peptoniphilus vaginalis sp. nov. Microbiologyopen 2019; 8:e00661.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Peptoniphilus raoultii" Diop et al. 2016

Parent taxon: Peptoniphilus Ezaki et al. 2001

Assigned by: Diop K, Diop A, Michelle C, Richez M, Rathored J, Bretelle F, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Description of three new Peptoniphilus species cultured in the vaginal fluid of a woman diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis: Peptoniphilus pacaensis sp. nov., Peptoniphilus raoultii sp. nov., and Peptoniphilus vaginalis sp. nov. Microbiologyopen 2019; 8:e00661.

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Record number: 2484
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