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Species Xylanibacter caecicola
Name: Xylanibacter caecicola Afrizal et al. 2025
Etymology: cae.ci’co.la. N.L. neut. n. caecum, caecum (can be noun or adjective); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. caecicola, an inhabitant of the caecum
Pronunciation, gender: ka͡e-KI-ko-la, masculine
Type strain: DSM 105245; JCM 34700; PCHR
Effective publication:
Afrizal A, Jennings SAV, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Basic M, Panyot A, Treichel N, Hager FT, Wong EO, Wolter B, et al. Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1630-1645. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- ❗ Xylanibacter caecicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Xylanibacter.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-04-08.
- 🙆 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: Xylanibacter Ueki et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Afrizal A, Jennings SAV, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Basic M, Panyot A, Treichel N, Hager FT, Wong EO, Wolter B, et al. Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1630-1645.
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Record number: 64753
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