Name: Faecalimicrobium Bello et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fae.ca.li.mi.cro’bi.um. N.L. masc./fem. adj. faecalis, pertaining to faeces; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Faecalimicrobium, a microbe from stool

Gender: neuter (stem: Faecalimicrobi-)

Type species: Faecalimicrobium dakarense Bello et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lo CI, Mishra AK, Padhmanabhan R, Samb B, Sow AG, Robert C, Couderc C, Faye N, Raoult D, Fournier PE, et al. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Clostridium dakarense sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:14-27.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Faecalimicrobium dakarense Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247.

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