Description of Candidatus Caccocola faecigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Caccocola 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 ChiHjej11B10-3130 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817215. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp900544635. The GC content of the type genome is 60.31% and the genome length is 2.3 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Caccocola faecipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Caccocola 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 ChiHcec3-7374 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817103. The GC content of the type genome is 59.08% and the genome length is 2.2 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Caccomonas gen. nov.

Candidatus Caccomonas (Cac.co.mo’nas. Gr. fem. n. kakke dung; L. fem. n. monas a monad; N.L. fem. n. Caccomonas 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 Caccomonas pullistercoris. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus CAG-617. 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 Bacteroidaceae.

Description of Candidatus Caccomonas pullistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Caccomonas pullistercoris (pul.li.ster’co.ris. L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; L. neut. n. stercus dung; N.L. gen. n. pullistercoris 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 5345 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817152. The GC content of the type genome is 59.45% and the genome length is 2.2 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Caccomorpha gen. nov.

Candidatus Caccomorpha (Cac.co.mor’pha. Gr. fem. n. kakke dung; Gr. fem. n. morphe a form, shape; N.L. fem. n. Caccomorpha 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 Caccomorpha excrementavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus SZUA-448. 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 Caccomorpha excrementavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Caccomorpha 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 1999 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817145. The GC content of the type genome is 50.75% and the genome length is 2.7 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Caccoplasma gen. nov.

Candidatus Caccoplasma (Cac.co.plas’ma. Gr. fem. n. kakke dung; Gr. neut. n. plasma a form; N.L. neut. n. Caccoplasma 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 Caccoplasma merdavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA11471. 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 UBA11471.

Description of Candidatus Caccoplasma intestinavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Caccoplasma intestinavium (in.tes.tin.a’vi.um. L. neut. n. intestinum gut; L. fem. n. avis bird; N.L. gen. n. intestinavium of the gut of birds)

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 21143 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817187. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp000434215. The GC content of the type genome is 45.83% and the genome length is 2.4 Mbp.