Name: Megamonas funiformis Sakon et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.ni.for.mis. L. masc. n. funis, string; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc./fem. adj. funiformis, string-shaped, referring to the cell shape

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19343; JCM 14723; YIT 11815

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB300988 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakon H, Nagai F, Morotomi M, Tanaka R. Sutterella parvirubra sp. nov. and Megamonas funiformis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:970-975.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Megamonas Shah and Collins 1983

Assigned by: Sakon H, Nagai F, Morotomi M, Tanaka R. Sutterella parvirubra sp. nov. and Megamonas funiformis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:970-975.

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Record number: 786545