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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Ruminococcus equi"

Name: "Candidatus Ruminococcus equi" Gilroy et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: e’qui. L. gen. masc. n. equi, of a horse

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: E3_41

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Original publication: Gilroy R, Leng J, Ravi A, Adriaenssens EM, Oren A, Baker D, La Ragione RM, Proudman C, Pallen MJ. Metagenomic investigation of the equine faecal microbiome reveals extensive taxonomic diversity. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13084.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gilroy R, Leng J, Ravi A, Adriaenssens EM, Oren A, Baker D, La Ragione RM, Proudman C, Pallen MJ. Metagenomic investigation of the equine faecal microbiome reveals extensive taxonomic diversity. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13084.

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Record number: 35902
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