Name: Murdochiella vaginalis Diop et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi.na’lis. L. fem. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. vaginalis, pertaining to the vagina, of the vagina

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CSUR P2341; DSM 102237; Marseille P2341

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT632322 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Diop K, Diop A, Khelaifia S, Robert C, Pinto FD, Delerce J, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. Characterization of a novel Gram-stain-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from the female genital tract: Genome sequence and description of Murdochiella vaginalis sp. nov. Microbiologyopen 2018; 7:e00570.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Diop et al. (2016). Publication: Diop K, Raoult D, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. “Murdochiella vaginalis” sp. nov., a new bacterial species cultivated from the vaginal flora of a woman with bacterial vaginosis. Human Microbiome Journal 2016; 2:15-16.

Parent taxon: Murdochiella Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010

Assigned by: Diop K, Diop A, Khelaifia S, Robert C, Pinto FD, Delerce J, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. Characterization of a novel Gram-stain-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from the female genital tract: Genome sequence and description of Murdochiella vaginalis sp. nov. Microbiologyopen 2018; 7:e00570.

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Record number: 797981