Name: Savagea faecisuis Whitehead et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fa.e.ci.su’is. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), faeces; L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of swine, pig; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. faecisuis, from pig faeces/manure

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 63563; Con12; NBRC 109956; NRRL B-59945

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KC164375 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Whitehead TR, Johnson CN, Patel NB, Cotta MA, Moore ER, Lawson PA. Savagea faecisuis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tylosin- and tetracycline-resistant bacterium isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:151-161.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2777-2783.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Savagea Whitehead et al. 2015. Publication: Whitehead TR, Johnson CN, Patel NB, Cotta MA, Moore ER, Lawson PA. Savagea faecisuis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tylosin- and tetracycline-resistant bacterium isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:151-161.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species and genus affiliate within the genus Sporosarcina and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Savagea Whitehead et al. 2015

Assigned by: Whitehead TR, Johnson CN, Patel NB, Cotta MA, Moore ER, Lawson PA. Savagea faecisuis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tylosin- and tetracycline-resistant bacterium isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:151-161.

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Record number: 793252