Description of Candidatus Limisoma intestinavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Limisoma intestinavium (in.tes.tin.a’vi.um. L. neut. n. intestinum gut; L. fem. n. avis bird; N.L. gen. n. intestinavium of the gut 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 17073 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817199. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp900541555. The GC content of the type genome is 48.25% and the genome length is 1.8 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Limivicinus gen. nov.

Candidatus Limivicinus (Li.mi.vi.ci’nus. L. masc. n. limus dung; L. masc. n. vicinus a neighbour; N.L. masc. n. Limivicinus a microbe associated with faeces)

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 Limivicinus faecipullorum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA1777. 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 Oscillospirales and to the family Oscillospiraceae.

Description of Candidatus Limivicinus faecipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Limivicinus faecipullorum (fae.ci.pul.lo’rum. L. fem. n. faex, faecis excrement; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. faecipullorum 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 ChiHcec3-8852 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817081. The GC content of the type genome is 58.52% and the genome length is 1.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Limivivens gen. nov.

Candidatus Limivivens (Li.mi.vi’vens. L. masc. n. limus dung; N.L. pres. part. vivens living; N.L. fem. n. Limivivens a microbe associated with faeces)

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 Limivivens intestinipullorum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus GCA-900066135. 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 Lachnospirales and to the family Lachnospiraceae.

Description of Candidatus Limivivens intestinipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Limivivens intestinipullorum (in.tes.ti.ni.pul.lo’rum. L. neut. n. intestinum gut; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. intestinipullorum of the gut 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 CHK190-19873 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817025. The GC content of the type genome is 52.58% and the genome length is 3.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Limivivens merdigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Limivivens 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 ChiSjej3B21-11622 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817007. The GC content of the type genome is 50.09% and the genome length is 3.3 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Limosilactobacillus excrementigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Limosilactobacillus excrementigallinarum (ex.cre.men.ti.gal.li.na’rum. L. neut. n. excrementum excrement; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. excrementigallinarum of hen 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 2685 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816672. The GC content of the type genome is 41.67% and the genome length is 1.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Limosilactobacillus faecipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Limosilactobacillus faecipullorum (fae.ci.pul.lo’rum. L. fem. n. faex, faecis excrement; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. faecipullorum 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 7774 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816663. The GC content of the type genome is 43.03% and the genome length is 1.5 Mbp.