Name: Hallella mizrahii (Wylensek et al. 2021) Hitch et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Prevotella mizrahii Wylensek et al. 2021

Etymology: miz.ra’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mizrahii, named in honour of the contemporary Israeli microbiologist Itzhak Mizrahi from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, for his contribution to the field of rumen microbiology

Pronunciation, gender: miz-RA-hi-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 108495; JCM 34422; LKV-178-WT-2A

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN537546 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. 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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Prevotella mizrahii Wylensek et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prevotella mizrahii Wylensek et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Hallella mizrahii 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 Hallella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Hallella Moore and Moore 1994

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

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Record number: 36225