Name: Dolosigranulum savutiense Popowitch et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.vu.ti.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. savutiense, pertaining to Savuti, Botswana, a geographical region of cultural significance in the country in which these strains were identified

Pronunciation, gender: sa-wu-ti-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 117171; JCM 36673; MSK294

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16S rRNA gene: PP193857 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Popowitch EB, Boiditswe SC, Patel MZ, Aquino JN, Sozat AK, Caiazzo AJ, Maldonado-Barragán A, Hurst JH, Steenhoff AP, Kelly MS. Dolosigranulum savutiense sp. nov., isolated from human upper respiratory samples collected in Botswana. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26430 (N = 15).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-09-16.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Dolosigranulum Aguirre et al. 1994

Assigned by: Popowitch EB, Boiditswe SC, Patel MZ, Aquino JN, Sozat AK, Caiazzo AJ, Maldonado-Barragán A, Hurst JH, Steenhoff AP, Kelly MS. Dolosigranulum savutiense sp. nov., isolated from human upper respiratory samples collected in Botswana. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0.

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Record number: 52367