Name: Leptotrichia mesophila Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.la. N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, medium-temperature loving, mesophilic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-SO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.18052; HSP-342; JCM 36567; MCCC 1K09338

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16S rRNA gene: PQ459529 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wang X, Jiao SY, Wang J, Wu RR, Zhang TT, Wang CM, Li XJ. Description of three new Leptotrichia species isolated from dental biofilm: Leptotrichia rugosa sp. nov., Leptotrichia mesophila sp. nov. and Leptotrichia alba sp. nov. Anaerobe 2025; 0:102948. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-12.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wang X, Jiao SY, Wang J, Wu RR, Zhang TT, Wang CM, Li XJ. Description of three new Leptotrichia species isolated from dental biofilm: Leptotrichia rugosa sp. nov., Leptotrichia mesophila sp. nov. and Leptotrichia alba sp. nov. Anaerobe 2025; 0:102948. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 62346