Name: Simonsiella muelleri Schmid 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: muel’le.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. muelleri, of Müller, named for R. Müller, who first described these organisms

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29453; CCUG 30554; CIP 103436; DSM 2579; LMG 7828

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF328147 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Simons H. Saprophytische Oscillarien des Menschen und der Tiere.). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1922; 88:501-510.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Simonsiella Schmid 1922 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Simons H. Saprophytische Oscillarien des Menschen und der Tiere.). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1922; 88:501-510.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Schmid) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Simons).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Simonsiella Schmid 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Simons H. Saprophytische Oscillarien des Menschen und der Tiere.). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1922; 88:501-510.

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Record number: 780927