Name: Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017
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: feminine (stem: Faecalicaten-)
Type species: Faecalicatena contorta (Prévot 1947) Sakamoto et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
Name | Kind |
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"Zymobacterium" Wachsman and Barker 1954 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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Record number: 519173