Name: Parvimonas oralis Gao et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ra’lis. L. fem. adj. oralis, pertaining to the mouth, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: par-WI-mo-nas o-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: G1425; GDMCC 1.5468; JCM 37774

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16S rRNA gene: PQ809779 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao F, Yan T, Weng Z, Zhang M, Yang Q, Zhao L, Xie J, Liu T, Yang C, Kang Z, et al. Parvimonas oralis sp. nov. and Parvimonas pharyngis sp. nov., isolated from the pharyngeal swabs of coal miners. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7123. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-04-16.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Parvimonas Tindall and Euzéby 2006

Assigned by: Gao F, Yan T, Weng Z, Zhang M, Yang Q, Zhao L, Xie J, Liu T, Yang C, Kang Z, et al. Parvimonas oralis sp. nov. and Parvimonas pharyngis sp. nov., isolated from the pharyngeal swabs of coal miners. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7123. 🇨🇳

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