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Genus Faecalicatena
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Zymobacterium" Wachsman and Barker 1954 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🚋 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" Prevot 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; KCTC: 2; NCIMB: 2; NBRC: 2; LMG: 1; NCCB: 1; CCUG: 1.
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🚋 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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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
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