Name: "Massilibacillus" Tidjani Alou et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mas.si.li.ba.cil’lus. L. gen. fem. n. massiliae, for Massilia, the old Roman name for Marseille where the genus was first isolated; L. masc. n. bacillus, as a reference to the rod shape of the cell; N.L. masc. n. Massilibacillus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Massilibacill-), mas-si-li-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: "Massilibacillus massiliensis" Tidjani Alou et al. 2017

Original publication: Tidjani Alou M, Cadoret F, Brah S, Diallo A, Sokhna C, Mehrej V, Lagier JC, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Khelaifiella massiliensis', 'Niameybacter massiliensis', 'Brachybacterium massiliense', 'Enterobacter timonensis', 'Massilibacillus massiliensis', new bacterial species and genera isolated from the gut microbiota of healthy infants. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 19:1-7.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Selenobaculum Yeo et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999. Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Massiliobacillus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CSUR: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Massilibacillus massiliensis" Tidjani Alou et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tidjani Alou M, Cadoret F, Brah S, Diallo A, Sokhna C, Mehrej V, Lagier JC, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Khelaifiella massiliensis', 'Niameybacter massiliensis', 'Brachybacterium massiliense', 'Enterobacter timonensis', 'Massilibacillus massiliensis', new bacterial species and genera isolated from the gut microbiota of healthy infants. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 19:1-7.

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Record number: 13971