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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Providencia entomophila"

Name: "Providencia entomophila" Ksentini et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.to.mo’phi.la. N.L. pref. entomo -from; Gr. v. en -temno, to cut in, to engrave, used to refer to insects due to the segmented body structure; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. pref. philo-, loving, liking; N.L. fem. adj. entomophila, insect liking

Pronunciation, gender: en-to-MO-phi-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: IO-23

16S rRNA gene: MH553347 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ksentini I, Gharsallah H, Sahnoun M, Schuster C, Hamli Amri S, Gargouri R, Triki MA, Ksantini M, Leclerque A. Providencia entomophila sp. nov., a new bacterial species associated with major olive pests in Tunisia. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223943. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ksentini I, Gharsallah H, Sahnoun M, Schuster C, Hamli Amri S, Gargouri R, Triki MA, Ksantini M, Leclerque A. Providencia entomophila sp. nov., a new bacterial species associated with major olive pests in Tunisia. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223943. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 3362
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