Name: "Candidatus Fournierella pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pul.li’co.la. L. masc. adj. pullus, a young chicken; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc./fem. n. pullicola, an inhabitant of young chickens

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pul-LI-ko-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 2239

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Allofournierella pullicola" (Gilroy et al. 2021) Oren and Molinari Novoa 2024	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Fournierella pullicola" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Fournierella.

Parent taxon: Fournierella Togo et al. 2017

Assigned by: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 30883