Name: Caviibacterium pharyngocola Adhikary et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pha.ryn.go’co.la. Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx (gen. pharyngos), throat; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. pharyngocola, an inhabitant of the throat (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: p^ha-ryn-GO-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: 7.3; CCUG 16493; DSM 105478

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438685 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Adhikary S, Bisgaard M, Nicklas W, Christensen H. Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 5 as Caviibacterium pharyngocola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Bisgaard taxon 7 as Conservatibacter flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:643-650.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caviibacterium Adhikary et al. 2018. Publication: Adhikary S, Bisgaard M, Nicklas W, Christensen H. Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 5 as Caviibacterium pharyngocola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Bisgaard taxon 7 as Conservatibacter flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:643-650.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Caviibacterium Adhikary et al. 2018

Assigned by: Adhikary S, Bisgaard M, Nicklas W, Christensen H. Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 5 as Caviibacterium pharyngocola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Bisgaard taxon 7 as Conservatibacter flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:643-650.

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Record number: 796392