Name: "Faecalibacterium moorei" Fitzgerald et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: moo’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. moorei, of/from Moore, named in honour of Edward R. B. Moore, for his important contributions to the study of the genus Pseudomonas

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27768; NCIMB 13872

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ413954 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Fitzgerald CB, Shkoporov AN, Sutton TDS, Chaplin AV, Velayudhan V, Ross RP, Hill C. Comparative analysis of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii genomes shows a high level of genome plasticity and warrants separation into new species-level taxa. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:931.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fusobacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacteroides praussnitzii" Hauduroy et al. 1937	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 17677; JCM 31915.
  • 🧍 See also Oren and Garrity (2020). Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. On neotypes and nomina nova: commentary on "Comparative analysis of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii genomes shows a high level of genome plasticity and warrants separation into new species-level taxa", by C.B. Fitzgerald et al. (BMC Genomics (2018) 19:931). BMC Genomics 2020; 21:335.

Parent taxon: Faecalibacterium Duncan et al. 2002

Assigned by: Fitzgerald CB, Shkoporov AN, Sutton TDS, Chaplin AV, Velayudhan V, Ross RP, Hill C. Comparative analysis of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii genomes shows a high level of genome plasticity and warrants separation into new species-level taxa. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:931.

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Record number: 13489