Name: Mogibacterium diversum Nakazawa et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.ver’sum. L. neut. part. adj. diversum, diverse, referring to its low level of rRNA gene sequence similarity to the other Mogibacterium species

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700923; CCUG 47132; HM-7; JCM 11205

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB037874 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakazawa F, Poco SEJ, Sato M, Ikeda T, Kalfas S, Sundqvist G, Hoshino E. Taxonomic characterization of Mogibacterium diversum sp. nov. and Mogibacterium neglectum sp. nov., isolated from human oral cavities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:115-122.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20665 (N = 3).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Mogibacterium Nakazawa et al. 2000

Assigned by: Nakazawa F, Poco SEJ, Sato M, Ikeda T, Kalfas S, Sundqvist G, Hoshino E. Taxonomic characterization of Mogibacterium diversum sp. nov. and Mogibacterium neglectum sp. nov., isolated from human oral cavities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:115-122.

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