Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter caccavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter caccavium (cacc.a’vi.um. Gr. fem. n. kakke faeces; L. fem. n. avis bird; N.L. gen. n. caccavium 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 ChiSjej5B23-15282 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816861. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp002161355. The GC content of the type genome is 51.40% and the genome length is 2.6 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter caccogallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter caccogallinarum (cac.co.gal.li.na’rum. Gr. fem. n. kakke faeces; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. caccogallinarum 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 ChiHcolR18-251 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816801. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp002314255. The GC content of the type genome is 50.75% and the genome length is 2.6 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter colneyensis sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter colneyensis (col.ney.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. colneyensis pertaining to Colney, the Norfolk village which is home to the Quadram Institute where the species was first described)

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 ChiGjej5B5-19924 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816732. The GC content of the type genome is 50.96% and the genome length is 1.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter cottocaccae sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter cottocaccae (cot.to.cac’cae. Gr. masc. n. kottos chicken Gr. fem. n. kakke faeces; N.L. gen. n. cottocaccae of 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 CHK192-87 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816835. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp002160525. The GC content of the type genome is 50.07% and the genome length is 4.0 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter excrementavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter 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 ChiGjej2B2-38138 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816630. The GC content of the type genome is 51.42% and the genome length is 2.1 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter excrementigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter 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 CHK143-6153 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816575. The GC content of the type genome is 48.97% and the genome length is 3.1 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter excrementipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter excrementipullorum (ex.cre.men.ti.pul.lo’rum. L. neut. n. excrementum excrement; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. excrementipullorum of young chicken 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 ChiSjej6B24-3024 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816810. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp9005552. The GC content of the type genome is 48.88% and the genome length is 2.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Mediterraneibacter faecavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Mediterraneibacter faecavium (faec.a’vi.um. L. fem. n. faex, faecis excrement; L. fem. n. avis bird; N.L. gen. n. faecavium 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 CHK196-7946 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816577. The GC content of the type genome is 49.45% and the genome length is 2.8 Mbp.