Name: Mesosutterella multiformis Sakamoto et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.for’mis. L. fem. adj. multiformis, many-shaped, multiform

Pronunciation, gender: mul-ti-FOR-mis, feminine

Type strain: 4NBBH2; DSM 106860; JCM 32464

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC388665 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Kunihiro T, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Mesosutterella multiformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Sutterellaceae and Sutterella megalosphaeroides sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3942-3950.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mesosutterella Sakamoto et al. 2018. Publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Kunihiro T, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Mesosutterella multiformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Sutterellaceae and Sutterella megalosphaeroides sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3942-3950.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Mesosutterella Sakamoto et al. 2018

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Kunihiro T, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Mesosutterella multiformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Sutterellaceae and Sutterella megalosphaeroides sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3942-3950.

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Record number: 798014