Name: Enterorhabdus muris Lagkouvardos et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu’ris. L. gen. masc./fem. n. muris, of a mouse

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MU-ris, feminine

Type strain: DSM 29508; KCTC 15543; WCA-131-CoC-2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR364735 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Adlercreutzia muris (Lagkouvardos et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Adlercreutzia muris (Lagkouvardos et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Enterorhabdus muris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Enterorhabdus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Enterorhabdus Clavel et al. 2009

Assigned by: Lagkouvardos I, Pukall R, Abt B, Foesel BU, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Kumar N, Bresciani A, Martinez I, Just S, Ziegler C, et al. The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16131. 🇩🇪

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