Name: Leptogranulimonas caecicola Morinaga et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ci’co.la. N.L. neut. n. caecum, caecum (can be noun or adjective); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc./fem. n. caecicola, caecum-dweller

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 35017; KCTC 25472; TOC12

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16S rRNA gene: LC706268 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Morinaga K, Kusada H, Sakamoto S, Murakami T, Toyoda A, Mori H, Meng XY, Takashino M, Murotomi K, Tamaki H. Granulimonas faecalis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Leptogranulimonas caecicola gen. nov., sp. nov., novel lactate-producing Atopobiaceae bacteria isolated from mouse intestines, and an emended description of the family Atopobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5596.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5736.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leptogranulimonas Morinaga et al. 2022. Publication: Morinaga K, Kusada H, Sakamoto S, Murakami T, Toyoda A, Mori H, Meng XY, Takashino M, Murotomi K, Tamaki H. Granulimonas faecalis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Leptogranulimonas caecicola gen. nov., sp. nov., novel lactate-producing Atopobiaceae bacteria isolated from mouse intestines, and an emended description of the family Atopobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5596.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Leptogranulimonas Morinaga et al. 2022

Assigned by: Morinaga K, Kusada H, Sakamoto S, Murakami T, Toyoda A, Mori H, Meng XY, Takashino M, Murotomi K, Tamaki H. Granulimonas faecalis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Leptogranulimonas caecicola gen. nov., sp. nov., novel lactate-producing Atopobiaceae bacteria isolated from mouse intestines, and an emended description of the family Atopobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5596.

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