Name: Olsenella scatoligenes Li et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sca.to.li’ge.nes. N.L. n. scatolum, skatole; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. scatoligenes, skatole-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28304; JCM 19907; SK9K4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX905358 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li X, Jensen RL, Hojberg O, Canibe N, Jensen BB. Olsenella scatoligenes sp. nov., a 3-methylindole- (skatole) and 4-methylphenol- (p-cresol) producing bacterium isolated from pig faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1227-1233.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Olsenella scatoligenes is the correct name 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Olsenella.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Olsenella Dewhirst et al. 2001

Assigned by: Li X, Jensen RL, Hojberg O, Canibe N, Jensen BB. Olsenella scatoligenes sp. nov., a 3-methylindole- (skatole) and 4-methylphenol- (p-cresol) producing bacterium isolated from pig faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1227-1233.

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Record number: 792684