Description of Candidatus Aphodoplasma excrementigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Aphodoplasma 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 4920 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817155. The GC content of the type genome is 54.59% and the genome length is 1.8 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Aphodosoma gen. nov.

Candidatus Aphodosoma (Aph.o.do.so’ma. Gr. fem. n. aphodos dung; Gr. neut. n. soma a body; N.L. neut. n. Aphodosoma 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 Aphodosoma intestinipullorum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus SFVR01. 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 Bacteroidales and to the family Paludibacteraceae.

Description of Candidatus Aphodosoma intestinipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Aphodosoma 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 3924 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817132. The GC content of the type genome is 52.56% and the genome length is 2.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Aphodousia gen. nov.

Candidatus Aphodousia (Aph.od.ou’si.a. Gr. fem. n. aphodos dung; Gr. fem. n. ousia an essence; N.L. fem. n. Aphodousia 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 Aphodousia faecavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus CAG-521. 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 Burkholderiales and to the family Burkholderiaceae.

Description of Candidatus Aphodousia faecalis sp. nov.

Candidatus Aphodousia faecalis (fae.ca’lis. L. fem. adj. faecalis of 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 ChiW13-1064 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817170. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp000437635. The GC content of the type genome is 47.35% and the genome length is 1.7 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Aphodousia faecavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Aphodousia 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 10345 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817126. The GC content of the type genome is 48.23% and the genome length is 1.7 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Aphodousia faecigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Aphodousia 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 7463 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817137. The GC content of the type genome is 48.37% and the genome length is 1.5 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Aphodousia faecipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Aphodousia 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 CHK135-12538 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817146. The GC content of the type genome is 48.08% and the genome length is 1.8 Mbp.