Genus Dorea

Name: Dorea Taras et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Do’re.a. N.L. fem. n. Dorea, named in honour of the French microbiologist Joel Doré, in recognition of his many contributions to gut microbiology

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Dore-), DO-re-a

Type species: Dorea formicigenerans (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Taras et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Taras D, Simmering R, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Blaut M. Reclassification of Eubacterium formicigenerans Holdeman and Moore 1974 as Dorea formicigenerans gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Dorea longicatena sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:423-428. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05211 (N = 16).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; DSM: 4; CSUR: 1; CCUG: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 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: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 15

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Dorea acetigenes Hitch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Dorea ammoniilytica Hitch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Dorea amylophila Hitch et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Dorea faecigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Dorea faecipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
Dorea formicigenerans (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Taras et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Dorea gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
Dorea hominis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Dorea intestinavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Dorea intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
Dorea longicatena Taras et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Dorea massiliensis" Pfleiderer et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Dorea merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Dorea phocaeensis" Takakura et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
"Candidatus Dorea stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae 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. 921. 🇧🇪

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