Name: Merdimonas faecis Seo et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae’cis. L. gen. fem. n. faecis, of faeces, referring to the isolation source

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BR 31; JCM 30748; KCTC 15482

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP966093 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Seo B, Yoo JE, Lee YM, Ko G. Merdimonas faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2430-2435.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Merdimonas Seo et al. 2017. Publication: Seo B, Yoo JE, Lee YM, Ko G. Merdimonas faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2430-2435.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Merdimonas Seo et al. 2017

Assigned by: Seo B, Yoo JE, Lee YM, Ko G. Merdimonas faecis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2430-2435.

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Record number: 795527