Name: Collinsella vaginalis Diop et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi.na’lis. L. fem. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. vaginalis, pertaining to the vagina

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kol-lin-SEL-la wa-gi-NA-lis, feminine

Type strain: CSUR 2666; DSM 103342; Marseille P2666

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT838843 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Diop A, Diop K, Tomei E, Armstrong N, Bretelle F, Raoult D, Fenollar F, Fournier PE. Collinsella vaginalis sp. nov. strain Marseille-P2666^T, a new member of the Collinsella genus isolated from the genital tract of a patient suffering from bacterial vaginosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:949-956. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Collinsella Kageyama et al. 1999

Assigned by: Diop A, Diop K, Tomei E, Armstrong N, Bretelle F, Raoult D, Fenollar F, Fournier PE. Collinsella vaginalis sp. nov. strain Marseille-P2666^T, a new member of the Collinsella genus isolated from the genital tract of a patient suffering from bacterial vaginosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:949-956. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 800686