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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Anaerosphaera massiliensis

Name: Anaerosphaera massiliensis Takakura et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. massiliensis, for Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, where strain Marseille-P4592 was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-a-e-ro-SPHA͡E-ra mas-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 72452; CSUR P4592; Marseille P4592

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16S rRNA gene: LR607326 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Takakura T, Francis R, Anani H, Bilen M, Raoult D, Bou Khalil JY. Anaerosphaera massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the stool of a 39-year-old Pygmy. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 33:100633. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Anaerosphaera Ueki et al. 2009

Assigned by: Takakura T, Francis R, Anani H, Bilen M, Raoult D, Bou Khalil JY. Anaerosphaera massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the stool of a 39-year-old Pygmy. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 33:100633. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 3543

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