Name: Enorma timonensis Ramasamy et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. timonensis, of Timone, the name of the hospital where strain GD5T was cultivated

Pronunciation, gender: ti-mo-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CSUR P900; DSM 26111; GD5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX424767 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ramasamy D, Dubourg G, Robert C, Caputo A, Papazian L, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Enorma timonensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:970-986.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Enorma Mishra et al. 2016

Assigned by: Ramasamy D, Dubourg G, Robert C, Caputo A, Papazian L, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Enorma timonensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:970-986.

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