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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Anaerotignum faecicola

Name: Anaerotignum faecicola Choi et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ci’co.la. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), yeast, feces; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. faecicola, inhabiting faeces (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: fa͡e-KI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: DSM 107953; KCTC 15736; KGMB03357

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK439508 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Choi SH, Kim JS, Park JE, Lee KC, Eom MK, Oh BS, Yu SY, Kang SW, Han KI, Suh MK, et al. Anaerotignum faecicola sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. J Microbiol 2019; 57:1073-1078. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 192. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1443-1446.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Anaerotignum Ueki et al. 2017

Assigned by: Choi SH, Kim JS, Park JE, Lee KC, Eom MK, Oh BS, Yu SY, Kang SW, Han KI, Suh MK, et al. Anaerotignum faecicola sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. J Microbiol 2019; 57:1073-1078. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 5642
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