Name: Faecalimonas umbilicata Sakamoto et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: um.bi.li.ca’ta. L. fem. adj. umbilicata, umbilicate, referring to colony morphology, umbilicate (depressed centre)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 103426; EGH7; JCM 30896

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC192831 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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Faecalimonas Sakamoto et al. 2017. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Faecalimonas 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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