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Genus Faecalicatena

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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Faecalicatena contorta Sakamoto et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. adj. faecalis (from L. n. faex, faeces), pertaining to faeces; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. Faecalicatena, chain-shaped organism isolated from faeces.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., IINO, T. and OHKUMA, M. 2017. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1219-1227.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Faecalicatena contorta Sakamoto et al. 2017, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 6483=ATCC 25540=CCUG 52236=DSM 3982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L34615.
Basonym: ¤ Eubacterium contortum Prévot 1947, Holdeman et al. 1971.
Etymology: L. fem. part. adj. contorta, twisted.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., IINO, T. and OHKUMA, M. 2017. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1219-1227.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Faecalicatena fissicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 31501=ATCC 33661=DSM 3598=NCIMB 10446.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: NR_117142.
Basonym: ¤ Eubacterium fissicatena Taylor 1972.
Etymology: L. part. adj. fissus, cleaved, split; L. n. catena, a chain; N.L. n. fissicatena, a broken chain.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., IINO, T. and OHKUMA, M. 2017. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1219-1227.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Faecalicatena orotica Sakamoto et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 1429=ATCC 13619=DSM 1287=NCIMB 10650.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR749917.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium oroticum Wachsman and Barker 1954, Cato et al. 1968.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum orotica, orotic acid; N.L. fem. adj. orotica, pertaining to orotic acid.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., IINO, T. and OHKUMA, M. 2017. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1219-1227.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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