Name: Phocaeicola Al Masalma et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pho.cae.i’co.la. L. fem. n. Phocaea, a maritime town of Ionia, modern-day Foça in Turkey; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Phocaeicola, an inhabitant of Phocaea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Phocaeicol-), p^ho-ka͡e-I-ko-la

Type species: Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Al Masalma M, Raoult D, Roux V. Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2232-2237. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 11 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Al Masalma et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the order "Bacteroidales". Publication: Al Masalma M, Raoult D, Roux V. Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2232-2237. 🇫🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phacaeicola"; "Phocaeeicola"; "Phocaeiocla".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kitahara et al. (2011), Sakamoto and Ohkuma (2012). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 14; JCM: 13; CCUG: 7; NBRC: 5; KCTC: 3; NCTC: 3; InaCC: 3; BCRC: 2; CIP: 2; LMG: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 32

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola acetigenes Do et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola barnesiae (Lan et al. 2006) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Phocaeicola caecicola" (Irisawa et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola caecigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Phocaeicola caecigallinarum" (Saputra et al. 2015) García-López et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Phocaeicola chinchillae (Kitahara et al. 2011) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phocaeicola coprocola (Kitahara et al. 2005) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola coprophilus (Hayashi et al. 2007) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola dorei (Bakir et al. 2006) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola excrementigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola excrementipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Phocaeicola faecalis" Wang et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Phocaeicola faecicola Choi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola faecigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola faecipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Phocaeicola faecium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Phocaeicola fibrisolvens Hitch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Phocaeicola gallinaceus" (Irisawa et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Phocaeicola gallinarum" Pallen 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola gallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Phocaeicola intestinalis" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Phocaeicola massiliensis (Fenner et al. 2005) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Phocaeicola merdigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Phocaeicola oris Chen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola paurosaccharolyticus (Ueki et al. 2011) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola plebeius (Kitahara et al. 2005) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola salanitronis (Lan et al. 2006) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola sartorii (Clavel et al. 2010) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocaeicola vulgatus (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacteroidaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/phocaeicolaCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 517895