Name: Pelistega indica Prakash et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, pertaining to India, the place of isolation of bacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 27484; HM-7; MCC 2185

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF692037 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prakash O, Munot H, Nimonkar Y, Sharma M, Kumbhare S, Shouche YS. Description of Pelistega indica sp. nov., isolated from human gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1389-1394. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12821 (N = 26).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times 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 other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species P. europaea, and may need to be reclassified as a new genus together with P. suis". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998

Assigned by: Prakash O, Munot H, Nimonkar Y, Sharma M, Kumbhare S, Shouche YS. Description of Pelistega indica sp. nov., isolated from human gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1389-1394. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 791716