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Species Arcobacter faecis
Name: Arcobacter faecis Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019
Etymology: fae’cis. L. gen. fem. n. faecis, pertaining to a human waste septic tank origin from where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, 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:
Whiteduck-Leveillee K, Whiteduck-Leveillee J, Cloutier M, Tambong JT, Xu R, Topp E, Arts MT, Chao J, Adam Z, Levesque CA, et al. Identification, characterization and description of Arcobacter faecis sp. nov., isolated from a human waste septic tank. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:93-99. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 185. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:5-9.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Aliarcobacter faecis" (Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published Aliarcobacter faecis (Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991
Assigned by:
Whiteduck-Leveillee K, Whiteduck-Leveillee J, Cloutier M, Tambong JT, Xu R, Topp E, Arts MT, Chao J, Adam Z, Levesque CA, et al. Identification, characterization and description of Arcobacter faecis sp. nov., isolated from a human waste septic tank. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:93-99.
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Record number: 798035
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