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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Caenicola

Name: Caenicola El Houari et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cae.ni’co.la. L. neut. n. caenum, mud, sludge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Caenicola, sludge dweller

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Caenicol-), ka͡e-NI-ko-la

Type species: Caenicola nitritireducens El Houari et al. 2026

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16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: El Houari A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Carlier E, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Hirschler-Rea A, Bennisse R, Bouterfas R, McDonald JE, Guyoneaud R, Qatibi AI. Representatives of the Synergistaceae family, taxonomic description and genome sequence of Caenicola nitritireducens gen nov., sp. nov., a novel fermenting and amino-acid degrading bacterium isolated from a municipal anaerobic digester sludge. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126607. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

Assigned by: El Houari A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Carlier E, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Hirschler-Rea A, Bennisse R, Bouterfas R, McDonald JE, Guyoneaud R, Qatibi AI. Representatives of the Synergistaceae family, taxonomic description and genome sequence of Caenicola nitritireducens gen nov., sp. nov., a novel fermenting and amino-acid degrading bacterium isolated from a municipal anaerobic digester sludge. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126607. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 65069

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