Name: Faecalicatena fissicatena (Taylor 1972) Sakamoto et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Eubacterium fissicatena Taylor 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fis.si.ca.te’na. L. masc. perf. part. fissus, clived, splite; L. fem. n. catena, a chain; N.L. fem. n. fissicatena, a broken chain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33661; DSM 3598; JCM 31501; JCM 9983; NCIB 10446; NCIMB 10446

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: GU985201 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1219-1227.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium fissicatena Taylor 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1219-1227.

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Record number: 795295