Name: Eggerthella timonensis Bilen et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. masc./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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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. 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

Parent taxon: Eggerthella Kageyama 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