Description of Candidatus Pelethomonas gen. nov.

Candidatus Pelethomonas (Pe.le.tho.mo’nas. Gr. masc. n. pelethos dung; L. fem. n. monas a monad; N.L. fem. n. Pelethomonas 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 Pelethomonas intestinigallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UMGS1872. 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 Pelethomonas intestinigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Pelethomonas 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 ChiSjej2B20-3600 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817014. The GC content of the type genome is 63.89% and the genome length is 2.2 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Pelethosoma gen. nov.

Candidatus Pelethosoma (Pe.le.tho.so’ma. Gr. masc. n. pelethos dung; Gr. neut. n. soma a body; N.L. neut. n. Pelethosoma 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 Pelethosoma merdigallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UMGS2016. 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 RF39 and to the family CAG-822.

Description of Candidatus Pelethosoma merdigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Pelethosoma 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 CHK195-5794 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817039. The GC content of the type genome is 30.57% and the genome length is 1.3 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Pelethousia gen. nov.

Candidatus Pelethousia (Pe.leth.ou’si.a. Gr. masc. n. pelethos dung; Gr. fem. n. ousia an essence; N.L. fem. n. Pelethousia 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 Pelethousia gallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA5394. 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-138.

Description of Candidatus Pelethousia gallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Pelethousia gallinarum (gal.li.na’rum. L. fem. n. gallina a hen; L. fem. gen. pl. n. gallinarum of 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 ChiHcec27-1353 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817178. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp003150565. The GC content of the type genome is 59.40% and the genome length is 2.0 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Phascolarctobacterium stercoravium sp. nov.

Candidatus Phascolarctobacterium stercoravium (ster.cor.a’vi.um. L. neut. n. stercus dung; L. fem. n. avis bird; N.L. gen. n. stercoravium 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 ChiBcec14-732 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816834. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp000436095. The GC content of the type genome is 46.50% and the genome length is 1.7 Mbp.