Name: Caecibacterium Oren et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cae.ci.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. caecum, caecum (can be noun or adjective); from L. masc. adj. caecus, blind (neuter caecum also as noun); N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Caecibacterium, a rod from the caecum

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Caecibacteri-), ka͡e-ki-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Caecibacterium sporoformans Oren et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oren A, Garrity GM, Spring S, Onrust L, Petzoldt D, Eeckhaut V, De Maesschalck C, Haesebrouck F, Rautenschlein S, Ducatelle R, et al. Valid publication of the names Caecibacterium and Caecibacterium sporoformans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:452-453. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Caecibacterium" Onrust et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Caecibacterium" Onrust et al. 2017. Publication: Onrust L, Petzoldt D, Eeckhaut V, De Maesschalck C, Haesebrouck F, Rautenschlein S, Ducatelle R, Van Immerseel F, Taras D. Caecibacterium sporoformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing, spore-forming bacterium isolated from chicken caecum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4589-4594. 🇧🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Caecinbacterium"; "Recibecterium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Caecibacterium sporoformans Oren et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: [Bacillota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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