Name: Faucicola Humphreys et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fau.ci’co.la. L. fem. pl. n. fauces, the throat; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant or dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. fem. n. Faucicola, throat dweller

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Faucicol-), fa͡u-KI-ko-la

Type species: Faucicola mancuniensis Humphreys et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Humphreys GJ, Oates A, Ledder RG, McBain AJ. Faucicola mancuniensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oropharynx. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:11-14. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Sbissi et al. 2025 Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CCUG: 4; CIP: 3; NCTC: 3; ATCC: 3; LMG: 2; IFO: 1; NBRC: 1; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Faucicola atlantae (Bøvre et al. 1976) Sbissi et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Faucicola boevrei (Kodjo et al. 1997) Sbissi et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Faucicola mancuniensis Humphreys et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Faucicola osloensis (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Sbissi et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991

Assigned by: Humphreys GJ, Oates A, Ledder RG, McBain AJ. Faucicola mancuniensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oropharynx. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:11-14. 🇬🇧

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