Name: "Caecibacter" Ricaboni et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cae.ci.bac.ter. N.L. neut. n. caecum, the caecum of the large intestine (can be noun or adjective); N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Caecibacter, a rod from the large intestine

Gender: masculine (stem: Caecibacter-)

Type species: "Caecibacter massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ricaboni D, Mailhe M, Benezech A, Cadoret F, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Caecibactermassiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human right colon. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 17:30-32.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Megasphaeraceae 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.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Caecibacter massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ricaboni D, Mailhe M, Benezech A, Cadoret F, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Caecibactermassiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human right colon. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 17:30-32.

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Record number: 13912