Zhenhengia yiwuensis

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Zhenhengia yiwuensis
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Lachnospirales
Family: Lachnospiraceae
Genus: Zhenhengia
Species:
Z. yiwuensis
Binomial name
Zhenhengia yiwuensis
Liu et al. 2021 [1]
Type strain
NSJ-12 (= CGMCC 1.32465 = KCTC 15954)

Zhenhengia yiwuensis is a species of strictly anaerobic, non-motile, Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria that represents the sole validly published species of the genus Zhenhengia . [2] It was first isolated from a healthy human fecal sample during a large-scale culturomics study of the Chinese gut microbiota and effectively published in 2021 [3] [1]

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Taxonomy and nomenclature

The genus Zhenhengia (feminine; stem *Zhenhengi-*) honours the Ming-dynasty physician Zhenheng Zhu (朱震亨). The species epithet yiwuensis refers to Yiwu, Zhu’s birthplace in Zhejiang Province, China. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Oren, A.; Garrity, G. (2022). "Valid publication of new names and new combinations effectively published outside the IJSEM". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 72 (5). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005331. PMID   35647792.
  2. 1 2 "Species: Zhenhengia yiwuensis". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Liu, C.; Du, M.-X. (2021). "Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank". Microbiome. 9 (1) 119. doi: 10.1186/s40168-021-01064-3 . PMC   8140505 . PMID   34001193.
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