Name: Paenalcaligenes faecalis Zhang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ca’lis. L. fem. n. faex, dregs, faeces (gen. faecis); L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. faecalis, pertaining or relating to faeces

Pronunciation, gender: fa͡e-KA-lis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2022359; KCTC 92789; YLCF04

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16S rRNA gene: OP547874 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Y, Quensen J, Chen B, Li H, Tiedje J, Sun W, Qian X. Paenalcaligenes faecalis sp. nov., a novel species of the family Alcaligenaceae isolated from chicken faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6461.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-07-01.
  • 🙆 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: Paenalcaligenes Kämpfer et al. 2010

Assigned by: Zhang Y, Quensen J, Chen B, Li H, Tiedje J, Sun W, Qian X. Paenalcaligenes faecalis sp. nov., a novel species of the family Alcaligenaceae isolated from chicken faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0.

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Record number: 49856