Name: Anaerofustis Finegold et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: An.ae.ro.fus’tis. Gr. pref. an-, without (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. masc. n. fustis, stick; N.L. masc. n. Anaerofustis, stick living without air

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Anaerofust-), an-a͡e-ro-FUS-tis

Type species: Anaerofustis stercorihominis Finegold et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Finegold SM, Lawson PA, Vaisanen ML, Molitoris DR, Song Y, Liu C, Collins MD. Anaerofustis stercorihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:41-45.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Anaerofustaceae 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.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Anaerofustaceae 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01516 (N = 14).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1; KCTC: 1; DSM: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anaerofustis butyriciformans Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anaerofustis stercorihominis Finegold et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Eubacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Eubacteriaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 865.

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