Name: "Atopobium massiliense" Bordigoni et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, from massiliense of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille where the strain was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: mas-si-li-EN-se, neuter

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P4126; Marseille P4126

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16S rRNA gene: LT986001 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bordigoni A, Lo CI, Yimagou EK, Nicaise B, Diop K, Raoult D, Desnues C, Fenollar F. Two new bacteria isolated from vagina of a patient with vaginosis: Atopobium massiliense sp. nov. and Butyricimonas vaginalis sp. nov. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 38:100771.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993

Assigned by: Bordigoni A, Lo CI, Yimagou EK, Nicaise B, Diop K, Raoult D, Desnues C, Fenollar F. Two new bacteria isolated from vagina of a patient with vaginosis: Atopobium massiliense sp. nov. and Butyricimonas vaginalis sp. nov. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 38:100771.

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Record number: 14847