Name: Fenollaria timonensis Lo et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. timonensis, referring to Timone, the name of the main hospital in Marseille, France, where this strain was isolated

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

Type strain: CSUR P2133; DSM 101080; GD5; Marseille P2133

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN881613 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lo CI, Niang EHA, Sarr M, Durand G, Tall ML, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Fenollaria timonensis sp. nov., A New Bacterium Isolated from Healthy Human Fresh Stool. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:3780-3786.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Fenollaria timonensis" Durand et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Fenollaria Pagnier et al. 2018

Assigned by: Lo CI, Niang EHA, Sarr M, Durand G, Tall ML, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Fenollaria timonensis sp. nov., A New Bacterium Isolated from Healthy Human Fresh Stool. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:3780-3786.

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Record number: 38768