Name: Pelistega suis Vela et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su’is. L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of the hog

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 3340-03; CCUG 64465; CECT 8400

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN830267 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vela AI, Perez Sancho M, Dominguez L, Busse HJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF. Pelistega suis sp. nov., isolated from domestic and wild animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4909-4914.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14848 (N = 13).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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. indica". 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: Vela AI, Perez Sancho M, Dominguez L, Busse HJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF. Pelistega suis sp. nov., isolated from domestic and wild animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4909-4914.

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