Name: Metakosakonia massiliensis (Lagier et al. 2014) Alnajar and Gupta 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Enterobacter massiliensis Lagier et al. 2014

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CSUR P161; DSM 26120; JC163

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN657217 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Alnajar S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and comparative genomic studies delineate six main clades within the family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family. Infect Genet Evol 2017; 54:108-127.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 178. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4291-4293.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phytobacter massiliensis (Lagier et al. 2014) Ma et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phytobacter massiliensis (Lagier et al. 2014) Ma et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Enterobacter massiliensis Lagier et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Metakosakonia Alnajar and Gupta 2017. Publication: Alnajar S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and comparative genomic studies delineate six main clades within the family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family. Infect Genet Evol 2017; 54:108-127.
  • ❗ Metakosakonia massiliensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Metakosakonia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Metakosakonia Alnajar and Gupta 2017

Assigned by: Alnajar S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and comparative genomic studies delineate six main clades within the family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family. Infect Genet Evol 2017; 54:108-127.

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