Name: Massilia La Scola et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mas.si’li.a. L. fem. n. Massilia, Latin name of Marseille, France (name used for a town and a genus)

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Massili-), mas-SI-li-a

Type species: Massilia timonae La Scola et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: La Scola B, Birtles RJ, Mallet MN, Raoult D. Massilia timonae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood of an immunocompromised patient with cerebellar lesions. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2847-2852.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 73. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:423-424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Naxibacter Xu et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Mokoshia Bowman 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Kämpfer et al. 2011 Kampfer P, Lodders N, Martin K, Falsen E. Revision of the genus Massilia La Scola et al. 2000, with an emended description of the genus and inclusion of all species of the genus Naxibacter as new combinations, and proposal of Massilia consociata sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1528-1533. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 5 new species in the genus.
  • Singh et al. 2015 Singh H, Du J, Won K, Yang JE, Yin C, Kook M, Yi TH. Massilia arvi sp. nov., isolated from fallow-land soil previously cultivated with Brassica oleracea, and emended description of the genus Massilia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3690-3696. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Telluria Bowman et al. 1993. Publication: Bowman JP. Genome-wide and constrained ordination-based analyses of EC code data support reclassification of the species of Massilia La Scola et al. 2000 into Telluria Bowman et al. 1993, Mokoshia gen. nov. and Zemynaea gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5991.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Massiia"; "Masssilia"; "Massylia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Gu et al. (2017), Lu et al. (2022), Huang et al. (2024), Luo et al. (2013), Dahal et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07510 (N = 6).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 30; KACC: 21; KCTC: 20; JCM: 17; CGMCC: 15; LMG: 14; CCM: 12; CCUG: 11; CCTCC: 11; KEMB: 7.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 66
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 67
Total number of child taxa: 79

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Massilia aerilata Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia agilis Altankhuu and Kim 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia agri Chaudhary and Kim 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia agrisoli Huq et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia albidiflava Zhang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia alkalitolerans (Xu et al. 2005) Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia antarctica Sedláček et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia antibiotica" Dahal et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    "Massilia aquatica" Lu et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Massilia aquatica Holochová et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia arenae Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia arenosa Raths et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Massilia armeniaca Ren et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia aromaticivorans" Son et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Massilia arvi Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia atriviolacea Yang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia aurea Gallego et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia brevitalea Zul et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia buxea Sun et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia cavernae Zhu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia cellulosilytica (Bowman 2023) Du et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia chloroacetimidivorans Lee et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia consociata Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia dura Zhang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia eburnea (Jin et al. 2017) Lu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia endophytica Jeon et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia eurypsychrophila Shen et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia flava Wang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia forsythiae Heo et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia frigida Holochová et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia ginsengisoli (Zhang et al. 2016) Lu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia glaciei Gu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia guangdongensis Lu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia haematophila (Kämpfer et al. 2008) Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia horti Peta et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia humi" Du and Yin 2016	not validly published	synonym
    "Massilia hydrophila" De León et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    Massilia hydrophila De León et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia jejuensis Weon et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia kyonggiensis Kim 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia litorea Lee et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia lurida Luo et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia lutea Zhang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia luteola Huang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia mucilaginosa Holochová et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia namucuonensis Kong et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia neuiana Zhao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia niabensis Weon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia niastensis Weon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia norwichensis Orthová et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia oculi Kämpfer et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia orientalis" Xia et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Massilia phosphatilytica Zheng et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia phyllosphaerae" Yao et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Massilia phyllostachyos" Yue et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Massilia pinisoli Altankhuu and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia plicata Zhang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia polaris Dahal et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia pseudoviolaceinigra" Sedláček et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Massilia psychrophila Guo et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia puerhi Yang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia putida Feng et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia rhizosphaerae Li et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia rivuli Lu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia rubra Holochová et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia scottii" Sedláček et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Massilia shenzhen" Li et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Massilia soli Baek et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia solisilvae Altankhuu and Kim 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia suwonensis (Weon et al. 2010) Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia terrae Altankhuu and Kim 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia tieshanensis Du et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia timonae La Scola et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia umbonata Rodríguez-Díaz et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia varians (Kämpfer et al. 2008) Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia violacea Embarcadero-Jiménez et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia violaceinigra Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilia violaceinigrum" (Li et al. 2004) Lu et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Massilia yuzhufengensis Shen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Oxalobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 623.

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