Description of Candidatus Enteromonas pullicola sp. nov.

Candidatus Enteromonas pullicola (pul.li’co.la. L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; L. suff. -cola inhabitant of; N.L. n. pullicola an inhabitant of young chickens)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID ChiGjej1B1-22543 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817133. The GC content of the type genome is 57.43% and the genome length is 1.2 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Enteromonas pullistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Enteromonas pullistercoris (pul.li.ster’co.ris. L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; L. neut. n. stercus dung; N.L. gen. n. pullistercoris of young chicken faeces)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID 17113 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817142. The GC content of the type genome is 53.99% and the genome length is 1.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Enterosoma gen. nov.

Candidatus Enterosoma (En.te.ro.so’ma. Gr. neut. n. enteron the gut; Gr. neut. n. soma a body; N.L. neut. n. Enterosoma a microbe associated with the intestines)

A bacterial genus identified by metagenomic analyses. The genus includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥60% average amino acid identity (AAI) to the type genome from the type species Candidatus Enterosoma merdigallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA7642. This genus has been assigned by GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 working on GTDB Release 05-RS95 (Chaumeil et al., 2019; Parks et al., 2020) to the order RFN20 and to the family CAG-288.

Description of Candidatus Enterosoma merdigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Enterosoma merdigallinarum (mer.di.gal.li.na’rum. L. fem. n. merda faeces; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. merdigallinarum of hen faeces)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID 33044 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817141. The GC content of the type genome is 51.22% and the genome length is 1.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Enterousia gen. nov.

Candidatus Enterousia (En.ter.ou’si.a. Gr. neut. n. enteron the gut; Gr. fem. n. ousia an essence; N.L. fem. n. Enterousia a microbe associated with the intestines)

A bacterial genus identified by metagenomic analyses. The genus includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥60% average amino acid identity (AAI) to the type genome from the type species Candidatus Enterousia excrementavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus Rs-D84. This genus has been assigned by GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 working on GTDB Release 05-RS95 (Chaumeil et al., 2019; Parks et al., 2020) to the order Rs-D84 and to the family Rs-D84.

Description of Candidatus Enterousia avicola sp. nov.

Candidatus Enterousia avicola (a.vi’co.la. L. fem. n. avis bird; L. suff. -cola inhabitant of; N.L. n. avicola inhabitant of birds)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID CHK136-897 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817144. The GC content of the type genome is 39.01% and the genome length is 0.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Enterousia avistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Enterousia avistercoris (a.vi.ster’co.ris. L. fem. n. avis bird; L. neut. n. stercus dung; N.L. gen. n. avistercoris of bird faeces)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID 8207 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817150. The GC content of the type genome is 43.79% and the genome length is 0.8 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Enterousia excrementavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Enterousia excrementavium (ex.cre.ment.a’vi.um. L. neut. n. excrementum excrement; L. fem. n. avis bird; N.L. gen. n. excrementavium of bird excrement)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID B1-16210 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817158. The GC content of the type genome is 44.26% and the genome length is 0.9 Mbp.