Name: Helcobacillus massiliensis Renvoise et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the old Roman name for Marseille, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: hel-ko-ba-KIL-lus mas-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 6401990; CCUG 53859; CIP 109418; CSUR P17; DSM 23040

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU477050 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Renvoise A, Aldrovandi N, Raoult D, Roux V. Helcobacillus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Dermabacteraceae isolated from a patient with a cutaneous discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2346-2351. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Helcobacillus Renvoise et al. 2009. Publication: Renvoise A, Aldrovandi N, Raoult D, Roux V. Helcobacillus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Dermabacteraceae isolated from a patient with a cutaneous discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2346-2351. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Helcobacillus Renvoise et al. 2009

Assigned by: Renvoise A, Aldrovandi N, Raoult D, Roux V. Helcobacillus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Dermabacteraceae isolated from a patient with a cutaneous discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2346-2351. 🇫🇷

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