Name: "Candidatus Sodaliphilus fimicaballi" Gilroy et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: fi.mi.ca.bal’li. L. masc. n. fimus, dung; L. masc. n. caballus, a horse; N.L. gen. masc. n. fimicaballi, associated with the faeces of horses

Gender: masculine

Type strain: E4_193

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Original publication: Gilroy R, Leng J, Ravi A, Adriaenssens EM, Oren A, Baker D, La Ragione RM, Proudman C, Pallen MJ. Metagenomic investigation of the equine faecal microbiome reveals extensive taxonomic diversity. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13084.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The distinct name Sodaliphilus limicaballi from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Sodaliphilus Wylensek et al. 2021

Assigned by: Gilroy R, Leng J, Ravi A, Adriaenssens EM, Oren A, Baker D, La Ragione RM, Proudman C, Pallen MJ. Metagenomic investigation of the equine faecal microbiome reveals extensive taxonomic diversity. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13084.

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Record number: 35917