Name: "Ruminococcus difficilis" Liu et al. 2021
Etymology: dif.fi’ci.lis. L. masc. adj. difficilis, difficult, referring the difficulty of culturing the strain
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ru-mi-no-KOK-kus dif-FI-ki-lis, masculine
Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.32867; M6
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Original publication:
Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119. 🇨🇳
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