Name: Faecalicatena faecalis Oh et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ca’lis. N.L. fem. adj. faecalis, derived from faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fa͡e-KA-lis, feminine

Type strain: AGMB00832; KCTC 15946; NBRC 114613

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16S rRNA gene: MT672050 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oh BS, Kim JS, Ryu SW, Yu SY, Lee JS, Park SH, Kang SW, Lee J, Lee MK, Lee KH, et al. Faecalicatena faecalis sp. nov., a moderately alkaliphilic bacterial strain isolated from swine faeces. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2091-2099. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

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: Oh BS, Kim JS, Ryu SW, Yu SY, Lee JS, Park SH, Kang SW, Lee J, Lee MK, Lee KH, et al. Faecalicatena faecalis sp. nov., a moderately alkaliphilic bacterial strain isolated from swine faeces. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2091-2099. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 39673