Species Criibacterium bergeronii

Name: Criibacterium bergeronii Maheux et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ber.ge.ro’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bergeronii, of Bergeron, named after Professor Michel G. Bergeron (CM, OQ, M.D., FRCPC, FCAHS), infectious diseases specialist, serial entrepreneur, founder, and former director of Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie de l’Université Laval in Québec City (Québec), Canada

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kri-i-bak-TE-ri-um ber-ge-RO-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: CCRI 22567; CCUG 72594; DSM 107614; LMG 31278

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF547661 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maheux AF, Boudreau DK, Abed JY, Berube E, Brodeur S, Bernard KA, Hashimi A, Ducrey E, Guay EF, Raymond F, et al. Criibacterium bergeronii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Peptostreptococcaceae, isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Criibacterium Maheux et al. 2021. Publication: Maheux AF, Boudreau DK, Abed JY, Berube E, Brodeur S, Bernard KA, Hashimi A, Ducrey E, Guay EF, Raymond F, et al. Criibacterium bergeronii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Peptostreptococcaceae, isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇨🇦
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 See also Maheux et al. (2016). Publication: Maheux AF, Berube E, Boudreau DK, Raymond F, Corbeil J, Roy PH, Boissinot M, Omar RF. Draft Genome Sequence of Criibacterium bergeronii gen. nov., sp. nov., Strain CCRI-22567T, Isolated from a Vaginal Sample from a Woman with Bacterial Vaginosis. Genome Announc 2016; 4:0. 🇨🇦

Parent taxon: Criibacterium Maheux et al. 2021

Assigned by: Maheux AF, Boudreau DK, Abed JY, Berube E, Brodeur S, Bernard KA, Hashimi A, Ducrey E, Guay EF, Raymond F, et al. Criibacterium bergeronii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Peptostreptococcaceae, isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇨🇦

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