Name: Zimmermannella faecalis Lin et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ca’lis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. faecalis, faecal

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13722; CCUG 37873; IAM 15030; IFO 15706; JCM 12866; NBRC 15706; TISTR 1514

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF300651 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin YC, Uemori K, de Briel DA, Arunpairojana V, Yokota A. Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1669-1676.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gulosibacter faecalis (Lin et al. 2004) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gulosibacter faecalis (Lin et al. 2004) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🧍 According to Rule 37a (1), Zimmermannella faecalis Lin et al. 2004 cannot be maintained in the genus Zimmermannella (see Zimmermannella). — The type strain of Zimmermannella faecalis Lin et al. 2004 was previously considered as an atypical strain of Corynebacterium bovis. Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

Parent taxon: Zimmermannella Lin et al. 2004

Assigned by: Lin YC, Uemori K, de Briel DA, Arunpairojana V, Yokota A. Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1669-1676.

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