Name: Aliarcobacter faecis (Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcobacter faecis Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019

Etymology: fae’cis. L. gen. fem. n. faecis, referring to fecal origin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FA͡E-kis, masculine

Type strain: AF1078; CCUG 66484; LMG 28519

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC551780 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Corrigendum (2): Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2253. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Arcobacter faecis Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aliarcobacter faecis" (Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Arcobacter faecis Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aliarcobacter faecis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aliarcobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Aliarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020

Assigned by: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Corrigendum (2): Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2253. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 5209