Species Myroides phaeus

Name: Myroides phaeus Yan et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: phae’us. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown; N.L. masc. adj. phaeus, brown, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: myr-o-I-des P^HA͡E-us, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23313; LMG 25566; MY15

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU253339 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yan S, Zhao N, Zhang XH. Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:770-775. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Assigned by: Yan S, Zhao N, Zhang XH. Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:770-775. 🇨🇳

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