Name: Collinsella massiliensis Padmanabhan et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, France, where type strain GD3T was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: … mas-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CSUR P902; DSM 26110; GD3

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JX424766 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Padmanabhan R, Dubourg G, Nguyen TT, Couderc C, Rossi-Tamisier M, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Collinsella massiliensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1144-1158. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Collinsella Kageyama et al. 1999

Assigned by: Padmanabhan R, Dubourg G, Nguyen TT, Couderc C, Rossi-Tamisier M, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Collinsella massiliensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1144-1158. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 792187