Name: Tractidigestivibacter Zgheib et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tra.c.ti.di.ges.ti.vi.bac’ter. L. masc. n. tractus, space; L. masc. adj. digestivus, digestive; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Tractidigestivibacter, a rod from the digestive tract

Gender: masculine (stem: Tractidigestivibacter-)

Type species: Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zgheib R, Anani H, Meng MM, Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Caputo A, Traore SI, Fontanini A, Armstrong N, et al. New human-associated species of the family Atopobiaceae and proposal to reclassify members of the genus Olsenella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4819.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4907.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Olsenella Dewhirst et al. 2001. Publication: Li X, Jensen RL, Hojberg O, Canibe N, Jensen BB. Olsenella scatoligenes sp. nov., a 3-methylindole- (skatole) and 4-methylphenol- (p-cresol) producing bacterium isolated from pig faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1227-1233.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tactidigestivibacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Tractidigestivibacter montrealensis" Benlaïfaoui et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Atopobiaceae Gupta et al. 2013

Assigned by: Zgheib R, Anani H, Meng MM, Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Caputo A, Traore SI, Fontanini A, Armstrong N, et al. New human-associated species of the family Atopobiaceae and proposal to reclassify members of the genus Olsenella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4819.

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Record number: 19482