Description of Candidatus Coprovivens gen. nov.

Candidatus Coprovivens (Co.pro.vi’vens. Gr. fem. n. kopros dung; N.L. pres. part. vivens living; N.L. fem. n. Coprovivens 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 Coprovivens excrementavium. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UBA11963. 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-1000.

Description of Candidatus Coprovivens excrementavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Coprovivens 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 3297 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817083. The GC content of the type genome is 28.25% and the genome length is 2.2 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Corynebacterium avicola sp. nov.

Candidatus Corynebacterium avicola (a.vi’co.la. L. fem. n. avis bird; L. suff. -cola inhabitant of; N.L. n. avicola inhabitant 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 CHK32-1732 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816750. The GC content of the type genome is 66.95% and the genome length is 3.1 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Corynebacterium faecigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Corynebacterium 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 ChiHjej13B12-4958 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816631. The GC content of the type genome is 66.91% and the genome length is 2.8 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Corynebacterium faecipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Corynebacterium 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 913 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816858. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp001836165. The GC content of the type genome is 61.16% and the genome length is 2.1 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris (gal.li.ster’co.ris. L. masc. n. gallus chicken; L. neut. n. stercus dung; N.L. gen. n. gallistercoris of 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 4376 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816747. The GC content of the type genome is 62.96% and the genome length is 2.0 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Corynebacterium intestinavium sp. nov.

Candidatus Corynebacterium 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 5925 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15816787. The GC content of the type genome is 65.59% and the genome length is 1.9 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Cottocaccomicrobium gen. nov.

Candidatus Cottocaccomicrobium (Cot.to.cac.co.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. masc. n. kottos chicken; Gr. fem. n. kakke faeces; N.L. neut. n. microbium a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Cottocaccomicrobium a microbe asociated with chicken 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 Cottocaccamicrobium excrementipullorum. This genus was identified but not named by Glendinning et al. (2020). 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.