Name: Moryella indoligenes Carlier et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.do.li’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. indolum, indole; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. fem. part. adj. indoligenes, indole-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-do-LI-ge-nes, feminine

Type strain: AIP 220.04; CCUG 52648; CIP 109174; DSM 19659

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ377947 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Han XY. Moryella indoligenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:725-729. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Moryella Carlier et al. 2007. Publication: Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Han XY. Moryella indoligenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:725-729. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 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 3 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 an established 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: Moryella Carlier et al. 2007

Assigned by: Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Han XY. Moryella indoligenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:725-729. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 786117