Species Gabonibacter massiliensis

Name: Gabonibacter massiliensis Mourembou et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, where strain GM7T was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ga-bo-ni-BAK-ter mas-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P2336 (?); DSM 101039; GM7

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN881588 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mourembou G, Rathored J, Lekana-Douki JB, Ndjoyi-Mbiguino A, Khelaifia S, Robert C, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Description of Gabonibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Member of the Family Porphyromonadaceae Isolated from the Human Gut Microbiota. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:867-877. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gabonibacter Mourembou et al. 2017. Publication: Mourembou G, Rathored J, Lekana-Douki JB, Ndjoyi-Mbiguino A, Khelaifia S, Robert C, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Description of Gabonibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Member of the Family Porphyromonadaceae Isolated from the Human Gut Microbiota. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:867-877. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Gabonibacter Mourembou et al. 2017

Assigned by: Mourembou G, Rathored J, Lekana-Douki JB, Ndjoyi-Mbiguino A, Khelaifia S, Robert C, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Description of Gabonibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Member of the Family Porphyromonadaceae Isolated from the Human Gut Microbiota. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:867-877. 🇫🇷

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