Name: Barnesiella viscericola Sakamoto et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vis.ce.ri’co.la. L. neut. n. viscus (gen. visceris), intestine; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. viscericola, inhabitant of the intestine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: C46; DSM 18177; JCM 13660

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB267809 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Lan PT, Benno Y. Barnesiella viscericola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from chicken caecum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:342-346.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Barnesiella Sakamoto et al. 2007. Publication: Sakamoto M, Lan PT, Benno Y. Barnesiella viscericola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from chicken caecum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:342-346.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Barnesiella Sakamoto et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Lan PT, Benno Y. Barnesiella viscericola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from chicken caecum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:342-346.

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