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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Anaerococcus vaginimassiliensis

Name: Anaerococcus vaginimassiliensis Bordigoni et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi.ni.mas.si.li.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. vaginimassiliensis; L. fem. n. vagina, refers to vagina; L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, refers to Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wa-gi-ni-mas-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 71849; CSUR P4512; Marseille P4512

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT934505 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bordigoni A, Lo CI, Yimagou EK, Diop K, Nicaise B, Raoult D, Desnues C, Fenollar F. Megasphaera vaginalis sp. nov. and Anaerococcus vaginimassiliensis sp. nov., new bacteria isolated from vagina of French woman with bacterial vaginosis. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 37:100706. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Anaerococcus Ezaki et al. 2001

Assigned by: Bordigoni A, Lo CI, Yimagou EK, Diop K, Nicaise B, Raoult D, Desnues C, Fenollar F. Megasphaera vaginalis sp. nov. and Anaerococcus vaginimassiliensis sp. nov., new bacteria isolated from vagina of French woman with bacterial vaginosis. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 37:100706. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 70308
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