Species Megasphaera indica

Name: Megasphaera indica Lanjekar et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, pertaining to India, where the organism was isolated (neuter indicum also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-ga-SP^HA͡E-ra IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 25563; MCC 2481; NMBHI-10

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM990965 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lanjekar VB, Marathe NP, Ramana VV, Shouche YS, Ranade DR. Megasphaera indica sp. nov., an obligate anaerobic bacteria isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2250-2256. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Megasphaera intestinihominis Hitch et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Heng et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Megasphaera intestinihominis Hitch et al. 2025. Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lanjekar VB, Marathe NP, Ramana VV, Shouche YS, Ranade DR. Megasphaera indica sp. nov., an obligate anaerobic bacteria isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2250-2256. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 791969