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Name: "Candidatus Treponema excrementipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021
Etymology: ex.cre.men.ti.pul.lo’rum. L. neut. n. excrementum, excrement; L. masc. adj. pullus, a young chicken; N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. excrementipullorum, of young chicken excrement
Nomenclatural type: Gambia15-2214
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
Original publication:
Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.
IJSEM list:
Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.
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Record number: 31158