Name: Eggerthella timonensis Bilen et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. timonensis, with timonensis referring to La Timone, which is the name of the hospital in Marseille (France) where this work was performed

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 70327; CSUR P3135; Marseille P3135

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT598568 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bilen M, Fonkou MDM, Tomei E, Armstrong N, Bittar F, Lagier JC, Daoud Z, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Cadoret F. Eggerthella timonensis sp. nov, a new species isolated from the stool sample of a pygmy female. Microbiologyopen 2018; 7:e00575.

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)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999

Assigned by: Bilen M, Fonkou MDM, Tomei E, Armstrong N, Bittar F, Lagier JC, Daoud Z, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Cadoret F. Eggerthella timonensis sp. nov, a new species isolated from the stool sample of a pygmy female. Microbiologyopen 2018; 7:e00575.

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Record number: 36174