Name: Gordonibacter faecis Kim et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae’cis. L. gen. fem. n. faecis, of feces

Pronunciation, gender: FA͡E-kis, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 25343; KGMB12511; NBRC 116190

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16S rRNA gene: OQ998951 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim HS, Kim JS, Suh MK, Eom MK, Do HE, Lee JH, Park SH, Kang SW, Lee DH, Yoon H, et al. Gordonibacter faecis sp. nov., producing urolithin C from ellagic acid, isolated from feces of healthy Korean subjects. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:108.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 218. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6398.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-12.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Gordonibacter Würdemann et al. 2009

Assigned by: Kim HS, Kim JS, Suh MK, Eom MK, Do HE, Lee JH, Park SH, Kang SW, Lee DH, Yoon H, et al. Gordonibacter faecis sp. nov., producing urolithin C from ellagic acid, isolated from feces of healthy Korean subjects. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:108.

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Record number: 44552