Name: "Christensenella timonensis" Ndongo et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. timonensis, pertaining to Timone, named after Hôpital de la Timone, the hospital in Marseilles, France, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hris-ten-se-NEL-la ti-mo-NEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P2437; DSM 102800; Marseille P2437

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT223568 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ndongo S, Dubourg G, Khelaifia S, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Christensenella timonensis, a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:32-33. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Christensenella Morotomi et al. 2012

Assigned by: Ndongo S, Dubourg G, Khelaifia S, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Christensenella timonensis, a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:32-33. 🇫🇷

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.2977Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 2977