Name: Cuneatibacter caecimuris Lagkouvardos et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ci.mu’ris. N.L. neut. n. caecum, caecum (can be noun or adjective); L. gen. masc./fem. n. muris, of a mouse; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. caecimuris, from the caecum of a mouse

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka͡e-ki-MU-ris, masculine

Type strain: BARN-424-CC-10; DSM 29486; KCTC 15539

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR364760 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cuneatibacter Lagkouvardos et al. 2016. Publication: Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Misprinted as "Cuneatibacter muris" in the publication. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Cuneatibacter Lagkouvardos et al. 2016

Assigned by: Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 793538