Name: Mogibacterium vescum Nakazawa et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ves’cum. L. neut. adj. vescum, feeble, weak, referring to the poor growth of this organism

Pronunciation, gender: WES-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700697; D5-2; JCM 11203

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB021702 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakazawa F, Sato M, Poco SE, Hashimura T, Ikeda T, Kalfas S, Sundqvist G, Hoshino E. Description of Mogibacterium pumilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mogibacterium vescum gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Eubacterium timidum (Holdeman et al. 1980) as Mogibacterium timidum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:679-688.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 = 2. — 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Mogibacterium Nakazawa et al. 2000

Assigned by: Nakazawa F, Sato M, Poco SE, Hashimura T, Ikeda T, Kalfas S, Sundqvist G, Hoshino E. Description of Mogibacterium pumilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mogibacterium vescum gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Eubacterium timidum (Holdeman et al. 1980) as Mogibacterium timidum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:679-688.

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