Name: Megasphaera paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci’vo.rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. paucivorans, devouring few substrates

Pronunciation, gender: pa͡u-KI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 16981; VTT E-032341

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB609708 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Juvonen R, Suihko ML. Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:695-702.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Juvonen R, Suihko ML. Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:695-702.

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Record number: 777748