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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Alistipes provencensis

Name: Alistipes provencensis Bellali et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.ven.cen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. provencensis, from Provence, the region in France, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-STI-pes pro-wen-KEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P2431; DSM 102308; Marseille P2431

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16S rRNA gene: LT223566 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Bellali S, Naud S, Ndongo S, Lo CI, Anani H, Raoult D, Lagier JC. Corynebacterium pacaense sp. nov., Alistipes megaguti sp. nov., Alistipes provencensis sp. nov., 3 new bacteria isolated from fresh human stool specimens. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100593. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Alistipes Rautio et al. 2003

Assigned by: Bellali S, Naud S, Ndongo S, Lo CI, Anani H, Raoult D, Lagier JC. Corynebacterium pacaense sp. nov., Alistipes megaguti sp. nov., Alistipes provencensis sp. nov., 3 new bacteria isolated from fresh human stool specimens. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100593. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 3330

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