Name: "Sellimonas caecigallum" Wongkuna et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ci.gal’lum. L. neut. n. caecum, caecum (can be noun or adjective); L. masc. n. gallus, of a chicken; N.L. neut. n. caecigallum, from the caecum of a chicken [probably better: caecigalli]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sel-LI-mo-nas ka͡e-ki-GAL-lum, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CCOS 1879; DSM 109473; SW451

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16S rRNA gene: MN053974 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Wongkuna S, Ghimire S, Antony L, Chankhamhaengdecha S, Janvilisri T, Scaria J. Sellimonas caecigallum sp. nov., description and genome sequence of a new member of the Sellimonas genus isolated from the cecum of feral chicken. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 33:100626. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sellimonas Seo et al. 2016

Assigned by: Wongkuna S, Ghimire S, Antony L, Chankhamhaengdecha S, Janvilisri T, Scaria J. Sellimonas caecigallum sp. nov., description and genome sequence of a new member of the Sellimonas genus isolated from the cecum of feral chicken. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 33:100626. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 7548