Name: "Candidatus Allocopromorpha" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Al.lo.co.pro.mor’pha. Gr. masc. pron. allos, other; Gr. fem. n. kopros, dung; Gr. fem. n. morphê, a form, shape; N.L. fem. n. Allocopromorpha, another form associated with faeces

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Allocopromorph-), al-lo-ko-pro-MOR-p^ha

Type species: "Candidatus Allocopromorpha excrementavium" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Copromorpha" Gilroy et al. 2021	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Copromorpha" Gilroy et al. 2021. 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. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Allocopromorpha excrementavium" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Allocopromorpha excrementigallinarum" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Allocopromorpha excrementipullorum" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Anaerovoracaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 35332