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. fem. adj. vaginalis, pertaining to the vagina, of the vagina

Pronunciation, gender: wa-gi-NA-lis, feminine

Type strain: CSUR P2341; DSM 102237; Marseille P2341

See detailed strain information at

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 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