Name: Allobaculum mucilyticum Van Muijlwijk et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.ci.ly’ti.cum. L. masc. n. mucus, slime; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, causing degradation; N.L. neut. adj. mucilyticum, mucus-degrading

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mu-ki-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: 128; DSM 112815; NCTC 14626

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16S rRNA gene: MZ153114 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: van Muijlwijk GH, Rice TA, Flavell RA, Palm NW, de Zoete MR. Allobaculum mucilyticum sp. nov. and Allobaculum fili sp. nov., isolated from the human intestinal tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5635. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Allobaculum Greetham et al. 2006

Assigned by: van Muijlwijk GH, Rice TA, Flavell RA, Palm NW, de Zoete MR. Allobaculum mucilyticum sp. nov. and Allobaculum fili sp. nov., isolated from the human intestinal tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5635. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 36053