Name: Breznakia blatticola Tegtmeier et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: blat.ti’co.la. L. fem. n. blatta, cockroach; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc./fem. n. blatticola, inhabitant of the cockroach

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28867; ErySL; JCM 30190

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU043523 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tegtmeier D, Riese C, Geissinger O, Radek R, Brune A. Breznakia blatticola gen. nov. sp. nov. and Breznakia pachnodae sp. nov., two fermenting bacteria isolated from insect guts, and emended description of the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:319-329.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Breznakia Tegtmeier et al. 2016. Publication: Tegtmeier D, Riese C, Geissinger O, Radek R, Brune A. Breznakia blatticola gen. nov. sp. nov. and Breznakia pachnodae sp. nov., two fermenting bacteria isolated from insect guts, and emended description of the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:319-329.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Breznakia Tegtmeier et al. 2016

Assigned by: Tegtmeier D, Riese C, Geissinger O, Radek R, Brune A. Breznakia blatticola gen. nov. sp. nov. and Breznakia pachnodae sp. nov., two fermenting bacteria isolated from insect guts, and emended description of the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:319-329.

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