Genus Agathobaculum

Name: Agathobaculum Ahn et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ga.tho.ba’cu.lum. Gr. masc. adj. agathos, good; L. neut. n. baculum, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Agathobaculum, small rod beneficial bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Agathobacul-), a-ga-t^ho-BA-ku-lum

Type species: Agathobaculum butyriciproducens Ahn et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ahn S, Jin TE, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim HJ, Lee SJ, Park DS, Kim BC. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov.  sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3656-3661. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Ahn et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Ahn S, Jin TE, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim HJ, Lee SJ, Park DS, Kim BC. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov.  sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3656-3661. 🇰🇷
- 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Butyricicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 2; KCTC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 2; CECT: 1; ATCC: 1; CSUR: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 14

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Agathobaculum ammoniilyticum Hitch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Agathobaculum butyriciproducens Ahn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Agathobaculum desmolans (Morris et al. 1986) Ahn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Agathobaculum faecis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Agathobaculum hominis" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum intestinipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Agathobaculum massiliense" Magdy Wasfy et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum merdigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum merdipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum pullistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Agathobaculum stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932. 🇩🇪

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