Name: Paracholeplasma manati Volokhov et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.na’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. manati, of the Florida manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris [probably better: trichechi or trichechimanati]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 110686; NCTC 14352; Oakley

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ590761 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Volokhov DV, Furtak VA, Zagorodnyaya TA, Gao Y, Davidson MK. Paracholeplasma manati sp. nov. isolated from Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5973. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6041.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Paracholeplasma manati is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paracholeplasma.
  • 😷 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 1 time 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Paracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Volokhov DV, Furtak VA, Zagorodnyaya TA, Gao Y, Davidson MK. Paracholeplasma manati sp. nov. isolated from Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5973. 🇺🇸

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