Name: Heminiphilus Park et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: He.mi.ni’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. heminum, hemin; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. n. Heminiphilus, hemin-loving, referring to the hemin used for growth

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Heminiphil-), he-mi-NI-p^hi-lus

Type species: Heminiphilus faecis Park et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park JK, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Jeong H, Song J, Ku BJ, Kim SB, Lee M, Kim BC. Heminiphilus faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Muribaculaceae, isolated from mouse faeces and emended description of the genus Muribaculum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:275-286.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; DSM: 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: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Heminiphilus faecis Park et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Muribaculaceae Lagkouvardos et al. 2019

Assigned by: Park JK, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Jeong H, Song J, Ku BJ, Kim SB, Lee M, Kim BC. Heminiphilus faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Muribaculaceae, isolated from mouse faeces and emended description of the genus Muribaculum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:275-286.

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Record number: 67868