Name: Phascolarctobacterium faecium Del Dot et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae’ci.um. L. gen. fem. pl. n. faecium, of faeces, because first isolated from the faeces of koala [incorrectly formed: should have been: faecum]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ACM 3679; DSM 14760

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X72865 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Del Dot T, Osawa R, Stackebrandt E. Phascolarctobacterium faecium gen. nov., spec. nov., a novel taxon of the Sporomusa group of bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:380-384.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 48. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:182-183.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Phascolarctobacterium Del Dot et al. 1994. Publication: Del Dot T, Osawa R, Stackebrandt E. Phascolarctobacterium faecium gen. nov., spec. nov., a novel taxon of the Sporomusa group of bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:380-384.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Phascolarctobacterium Del Dot et al. 1994

Assigned by: Del Dot T, Osawa R, Stackebrandt E. Phascolarctobacterium faecium gen. nov., spec. nov., a novel taxon of the Sporomusa group of bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:380-384.

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