Name: Dysgonomonas macrotermitis Yang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cro.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. macrotermitis, of the termite Macrothermes, where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ma-kro-TER-mi-tis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 27370; Dys-CH1; JCM 19375

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG315620 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang YJ, Zhang N, Ji SQ, Lan X, Zhang KD, Shen YL, Li FL, Ni JF. Dysgonomonas macrotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of a fungus-growing termite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2956-2961. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Dysgonomonas Hofstad et al. 2000

Assigned by: Yang YJ, Zhang N, Ji SQ, Lan X, Zhang KD, Shen YL, Li FL, Ni JF. Dysgonomonas macrotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of a fungus-growing termite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2956-2961. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 792132