Genus Faecalimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Faecalimonas Sakamoto et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Faecalimonas umbilicata Sakamoto et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. adj. faecalis (from L. n. faex, faeces), pertaining to faeces; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Faecalimonas, a monad 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
Faecalimonas umbilicata Sakamoto et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EGH7=JCM 30896=DSM 103426.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC192831.
Etymology: N.L fem. adj. umbilicata, umbilicate, referring to colony morphology, umbilicate (depressed centre).
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