Description of Candidatus Ornithocaccomicrobium gen. nov.

Candidatus Ornithocaccomicrobium (Or.ni.tho.cac.co.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. masc. or fem. n. ornis, ornithos bird; Gr. fem. n. kakke faeces; N.L. neut. n. microbium a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Ornithocaccomicrobium A microbe found in chicken faceces)

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 Ornithocaccomicrobium faecavium. This genus was identified but not named by Glendinning et al. (2020). 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 Christensenellales and to the family CAG-74.

Description of Candidatus Ornithocaccomicrobium faecavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Ornithocaccomicrobium 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 CHK183-6373 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816945. The GC content of the type genome is 59.48% and the genome length is 2.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Ornithoclostridium gen. nov.

Candidatus Ornithoclostridium (Or.ni.tho.clos.tri’di.um. Gr. masc. or fem. n. ornis, ornithos bird; N.L. neut. n. Clostridium a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Ornithoclostridium a genus related to the genus Clostridium but distinct from it and found in poultry)

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 Ornithoclostridium excrementipullorum. 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 Christensenellales and to the family UBA3700.

Description of Candidatus Ornithoclostridium excrementipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Ornithoclostridium 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 ChiW5-1639 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816971. The GC content of the type genome is 54.62% and the genome length is 1.6 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Ornithoclostridium faecavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Ornithoclostridium 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 63 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816992. The GC content of the type genome is 48.09% and the genome length is 1.8 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Ornithoclostridium faecigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Ornithoclostridium faecigallinarum (fae.ci.gal.li.na’rum. L. fem. n. faex, faecis excrement; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. faecigallinarum 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 ChiHcolR4-3946 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816996. The GC content of the type genome is 57.12% and the genome length is 1.6 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Ornithomonoglobus gen. nov.

Candidatus Ornithomonoglobus (Or.ni.tho.mo.no.glo’bus. Gr. masc. or fem. n. ornis, ornithos bird; N.L. masc. n. Monoglobus a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Ornithomonoglobus a genus related to the genus Monoglobus but distinct from it and found in poultry)

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 Ornithomonoglobus merdipullorum. This genus was identified but not named by Glendinning et al. (2020). 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 Monoglobales and to the family UBA1381.

Description of Candidatus Ornithomonoglobus intestinigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Ornithomonoglobus intestinigallinarum (in.tes.ti.ni.gal.li.na’rum. L. neut. n. intestinum gut; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. intestinigallinarum of the gut of the hens)

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 CHK181-108 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816941. The GC content of the type genome is 49.36% and the genome length is 2.2 Mbp.