Name: Dietzia massiliensis Olowo-okere et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, where the taxonogenomic description of the strain was frst carried out

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

Type strain: CSUR Q0999; DSM 112394; Marseille Q0999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LR745850 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Olowo-Okere A, Ibrahim YKE, Lo CI, Olayinka BO, Yimagou EK, Yacouba A, Mohammed Y, Nabti LZ, Ragueh AA, Lupande D, et al. Correction to: Bhargavaea massiliensis sp. nov. and Dietzia massiliensis sp. nov., Novel Bacteria Species Isolated from Human Urine Samples in Nigeria. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:157. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dietzia massiliensis" Olowo-Okere et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995

Assigned by: Olowo-Okere A, Ibrahim YKE, Lo CI, Olayinka BO, Yimagou EK, Yacouba A, Mohammed Y, Nabti LZ, Ragueh AA, Lupande D, et al. Correction to: Bhargavaea massiliensis sp. nov. and Dietzia massiliensis sp. nov., Novel Bacteria Species Isolated from Human Urine Samples in Nigeria. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:157. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 36285