Description of Candidatus Choladocola avistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Choladocola 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 ChiBcec18-1958 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817180. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp002160135. The GC content of the type genome is 50.79% and the genome length is 2.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Choladousia gen. nov.

Candidatus Choladousia (Cho.lad.ou’si.a. Gr. fem. n. cholas guts; Gr. fem. n. ousia an essence; N.L. fem. n. Choladousia a microbe associated with the intestines)

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 Choladousia intestinavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA7160. 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 Choladousia intestinavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Choladousia 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 ChiSjej4B22-8148 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817012. The GC content of the type genome is 49.57% and the genome length is 2.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Choladousia intestinigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Choladousia 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 ChiBcec11-13528 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817065. The GC content of the type genome is 48.69% and the genome length is 3.1 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Choladousia intestinipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Choladousia 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 ChiSjej5B23-16397 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817078. The GC content of the type genome is 50.54% and the genome length is 2.2 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Collinsella stercoripullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Collinsella stercoripullorum (ster.co.ri.pul.lo’rum. L. neut. n. stercus dung; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. stercoripullorum of the faceces 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 ChiGjej6B6-20822 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816681. The GC content of the type genome is 68.61% and the genome length is 2.3 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Companilactobacillus pullicola sp. nov.

Candidatus Companilactobacillus pullicola (pul.li’co.la. L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; L. suff. -cola inhabitant of; N.L. n. pullicola an inhabitant 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 3204 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816700. The GC content of the type genome is 35.87% and the genome length is 2.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Coprenecus gen. nov.

Candidatus Coprenecus (Copr.en.e’cus. Gr. fem. n. kopros dung; Gr. masc. enoikos inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Coprenecus 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 Coprenecus pullicola. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus CAG-831. 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 UBA932.