Name: Myroides guanonis Tomova et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.a.no’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. guanonis, guano

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gu-a-NO-nis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 26542; IM13; NBIMCC 8736

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE663456 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tomova A, Tomova I, Vasileva-Tonkova E, Lazarkevich I, Stoilova-Disheva M, Lyutskanova D, Kambourova M. Myroides guanonis sp. nov., isolated from prehistoric paintings. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4266-4270. 🇧🇬

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 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 risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Assigned by: Tomova A, Tomova I, Vasileva-Tonkova E, Lazarkevich I, Stoilova-Disheva M, Lyutskanova D, Kambourova M. Myroides guanonis sp. nov., isolated from prehistoric paintings. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4266-4270. 🇧🇬

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Record number: 791238