Name: Dialister succinatiphilus Morotomi et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: suc.ci.na.ti.phi.lus. N.L. masc. n. succinas (gen. succinatis), succinate; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. succinatiphilus, succinate-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21274; JCM 15077; YIT 11850

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB370249 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Sakon H, Tanaka R. Dialister succinatiphilus sp. nov. and Barnesiella intestinihominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2716-2720.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species was isolated from feces in healthy individuals. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Dialister (ex Bergey et al. 1923) Moore and Moore 1994

Assigned by: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Sakon H, Tanaka R. Dialister succinatiphilus sp. nov. and Barnesiella intestinihominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2716-2720.

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Record number: 787661