Name: Faecalicatena absiana Shin et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ab.si.a’na. N.L. fem. adj. absiana, arbitrary adjective formed from the ABS Research Support Center of KRIBB

Pronunciation, gender: ap-si-A-na, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 25106; NBRC 114768; YH-C36a

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16S rRNA gene: MT860705 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shin Y, Paek J, Kim H, Kook JK, Chang YH. Faecalicatena absiana sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium from a pig farm faeces dump. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5238. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5343.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017

Assigned by: Shin Y, Paek J, Kim H, Kook JK, Chang YH. Faecalicatena absiana sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium from a pig farm faeces dump. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5238. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 26457