Name: Dysgonomonas termitidis Pramono et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.mi’ti.dis. L. masc. n. termes (gen. termitis), wood-eating worm; N.L. gen. masc. n. termitidis, pertaining to termite

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 66188; JCM 30204; N-10

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB971823 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pramono AK, Sakamoto M, Iino T, Hongoh Y, Ohkuma M. Dysgonomonas termitidis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:681-685. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• 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 1 time 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: Pramono AK, Sakamoto M, Iino T, Hongoh Y, Ohkuma M. Dysgonomonas termitidis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:681-685. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 792539