Description of Candidatus Scybalousia intestinigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Scybalousia 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 CHK193-12526 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817037. The GC content of the type genome is 31.54% and the genome length is 1.5 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Scybalenecus gen. nov.

Candidatus Scybalenecus (Scy.bal.en.e’cus. Gr. neut. n. skybalon dung; Gr. masc. enoikos inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Scybalenecus 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 Scybalenecus merdavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UMGS905. 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 Acutalibacteraceae.

Description of Candidatus Scybalocola gen. nov.

Candidatus Scybalocola (Scy.ba.lo’co.la. Gr. neut. n. skybalon dung; L. suff. -cola inhabitant of; N.L. fem. n. Scybalocola 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 Scybalocola faecigallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA7096. 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 Scybalomonas gen. nov.

Candidatus Scybalomonas (Scy.ba.lo.mo’nas. Gr. neut. n. skybalon dung; L. fem. n. monas a monad; N.L. fem. n. Scybalomonas 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 Scybalomonas excrementigallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UMGS680. 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 Scybalosoma gen. nov.

Candidatus Scybalosoma (Scy.ba.lo.so’ma. Gr. neut. n. skybalon dung; Gr. neut. n. soma a body; N.L. neut. n. Scybalosoma 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 Scybalosoma faecavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UMGS743. 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 Christensenellaceae.

Description of Candidatus Scybalousia gen. nov.

Candidatus Scybalousia (Scy.bal.ou’si.a. Gr. neut. n. skybalon dung; Gr. fem. n. ousia an essence; N.L. fem. n. Scybalousia 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 Scybalousia intestinigallinarum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA7057. 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-611.

Description of Candidatus Sellimonas avistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Sellimonas 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 ChiBcec13-3606 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816877. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp002161525. The GC content of the type genome is 46.79% and the genome length is 2.6 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Sphingobacterium stercorigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Sphingobacterium stercorigallinarum (ster.co.ri.gal.li.na’rum. L. neut. n. stercus dung; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. stercorigallinarum 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 CHK174-1108 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816705. The GC content of the type genome is 44.57% and the genome length is 2.9 Mbp.