Genus Faecalicatena

Name: Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fae.ca.li.ca.te’na. N.L. masc./fem. adj. faecalis, pertaining to faeces; from L. fem. n. faex, faeces; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. Faecalicatena, chain-shaped organism isolated from faeces

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Faecalicaten-), fa͡e-ka-li-ka-TE-na

Type species: Faecalicatena contorta (Prévot 1947) Sakamoto et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1219-1227. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Zymobacterium" Wachsman and Barker 1954	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holdeman LV, Cato EP, Moore WEC. Eubacterium contortum (Prévot) comb. nov.: emendation of description and designation of the type strain. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:304-306.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938. Publication: Prévot AR. Étude de quelques bactéries anaérobies nouvelles ou mal connues. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1947; 73:409-418.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Facalicatena"; "Facealicatena".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; DSM: 4; ATCC: 3; NCIMB: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 2; CCUG: 1; NCCB: 1; LMG: 1.

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: 6

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Faecalicatena absiana Shin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Faecalicatena acetigenes Hitch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Faecalicatena contorta (Prévot 1947) Sakamoto et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Faecalicatena faecalis Oh et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Faecalicatena fissicatena (Taylor 1972) Sakamoto et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Faecalicatena orotica (Wachsman and Barker 1954) Sakamoto et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1219-1227. 🇯🇵

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