Name: Heyndrickxia faecalis (Kieu et al. 2023) Narsing Rao et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Weizmannia faecalis Kieu et al. 2023

Etymology: fae.ca’lis. N.L. fem. adj. faecalis, of faeces in which the strain was isolated

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

Type strain: CECT 9904; CSUR P8953; Marseille P8953

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16S rRNA gene: LR735539 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Narsing Rao MP, Banerjee A, Liu GH, Thamchaipenet A. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus acidicola, Bacillus pervagus and the genera Heyndrickxia, Margalitia and Weizmannia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5961. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6041.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Weizmannia faecalis Kieu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Heyndrickxia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Narsing Rao MP, Banerjee A, Liu GH, Thamchaipenet A. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus acidicola, Bacillus pervagus and the genera Heyndrickxia, Margalitia and Weizmannia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5961. 🇹🇭

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Record number: 39736