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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Porcibacter

Name: Porcibacter Paek et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Por.ci.bac’ter. L. masc. n. porcus, a pig; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Porcibacter, a rod from a pig

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Porcibacter-), por-ki-BAK-ter

Type species: Porcibacter vitabionis Paek et al. 2026

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Paek J, Bai L, Jang JP, Shin Y, Kim H, Kim SH, Shin JH, Kook JK, Chang YH. Description of Porcibacter vitabionis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobe isolated from pig faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7214. 🇰🇷

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Paek J, Bai L, Jang JP, Shin Y, Kim H, Kim SH, Shin JH, Kook JK, Chang YH. Description of Porcibacter vitabionis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobe isolated from pig faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7214. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 72827

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