Name: Massiliimalia timonensis Afouda et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. timonensis, from ‘Timone, ’ the name of themain hospital of Marseille, France, where the typestrain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-mo-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 71632; CSUR P3753; Marseille P3753

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16S rRNA gene: LT854295 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Afouda P, Traore SI, Dione N, Andrieu C, Tomei E, Richez M, Di Pinto F, Lagier JC, Dubourg G, Raoult D, et al. Description and genomic characterization of Massiliimalia massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Massiliimalia timonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from the human gut. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:905-918. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Massilimalia timonensis" Afouda et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Massiliimalia timonensis" corrig. Afouda et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15759 (N = 30).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Massiliimalia Afouda et al. 2019

Assigned by: Afouda P, Traore SI, Dione N, Andrieu C, Tomei E, Richez M, Di Pinto F, Lagier JC, Dubourg G, Raoult D, et al. Description and genomic characterization of Massiliimalia massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Massiliimalia timonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from the human gut. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:905-918. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 5298