Name: Viscerimonas Takahashi et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Vis.ce.ri’mo.nas. L. neut. n. viscus, entrails, intestines; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Viscerimonas, a monad inhabiting the intestines

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Viscerimonad-), wis-ke-RI-mo-nas

Type species: Viscerimonas tarda Takahashi et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takahashi K, Hisatomi A, Mori K, Yuki M, Noda S, Hongoh Y, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M. Reclassification of the genus Dysgonomonas and description of Dysgonomonas reticulitermitis sp. nov. and Viscerimonas tarda gen. nov., sp. nov. from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7031. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Viscerimonas tarda Takahashi et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Dysgonomonadaceae García-López et al. 2020

Assigned by: Takahashi K, Hisatomi A, Mori K, Yuki M, Noda S, Hongoh Y, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M. Reclassification of the genus Dysgonomonas and description of Dysgonomonas reticulitermitis sp. nov. and Viscerimonas tarda gen. nov., sp. nov. from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7031. 🇯🇵

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