Name: "Anaerotignaceae" Gilroy et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: An.a.e.ro.tig.na.ce’ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Anaerotignaceae, the Anaerotignum family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Anaerotignum Ueki et al. 2017

Original publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anaerotignaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Natranaerovirgaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cellulosilyticaceae Dong and Zhou 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Gilroy et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Coprocola" Gilroy et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.
  • 🧒 Gilroy et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Fimicola" Gilroy et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Gilroy R, Ravi A, Getino M, Pursley I, Horton DL, Alikhan NF, Baker D, Gharbi K, Hall N, Watson M, et al. Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10941.
  • 🧒 Glendinning et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Neoanaerotignum" Glendinning et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Ueki A, Goto K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Description of Anaerotignum aminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum and Clostridium lactatifermentans as species of the genus Anaerotignum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4146-4153.

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