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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Phocaeicola caecicola"

Name: "Phocaeicola caecicola" (Irisawa et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides caecicola Irisawa et al. 2016

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

Pronunciation, gender: ka͡e-KI-ko-la, masculine

Nomenclatural type: C13EG70; InaCC B449; JSAT12-4-Ck732; LIPI12-4-Ck732; NBRC 110958

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB910337 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacteroides caecicola Irisawa et al. 2016

Parent taxon: Phocaeicola Al Masalma et al. 2009

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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Record number: 13107
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