Name: Megamonas rupellensis Chevrot et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.pel.len’sis. M.L. masc./fem. adj. rupellensis, referring to La Rochelle, the site of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 109788; DSM 19944; FM1025

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU346729 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chevrot R, Carlotti A, Sopena V, Marchand P, Rosenfeld E. Megamonas rupellensis sp. nov., an anaerobe isolated from the caecum of a duck. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2921-2924.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16925 (N = 4).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Megamonas Shah and Collins 1983

Assigned by: Chevrot R, Carlotti A, Sopena V, Marchand P, Rosenfeld E. Megamonas rupellensis sp. nov., an anaerobe isolated from the caecum of a duck. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2921-2924.

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Record number: 787077