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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Zimmermannella faecalis Lin et al. 2004

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

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF300651 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Zimmermannella faecalis Lin et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2020 Li G, Li Q, Chen X, Jiang L, Zhang K, An D, Lang L, Jiang Y, Han L, Huang X, et al. Gulosibacter macacae sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from Macaca mulatta faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5115-5122. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6021-6023.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07722 (N = 53).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times 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: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Gulosibacter Manaia et al. 2004

Assigned by: 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.

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