Name: Murdochiella asaccharolytica Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.ca. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to dissolve, able to loose; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. asaccharolytica, not digesting sugar

Pronunciation, gender: a-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1631; CCUG 55976; DSM 23919; WAL 1855C

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU483153 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ulger-Toprak N, Liu C, Summanen PH, Finegold SM. Murdochiella asaccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-positive, anaerobic coccus isolated from human wound specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1013-1016.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Murdochiella Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010. Publication: Ulger-Toprak N, Liu C, Summanen PH, Finegold SM. Murdochiella asaccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-positive, anaerobic coccus isolated from human wound specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1013-1016.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 pathogenicity 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: Murdochiella Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ulger-Toprak N, Liu C, Summanen PH, Finegold SM. Murdochiella asaccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-positive, anaerobic coccus isolated from human wound specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1013-1016.

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Record number: 788528