Name: "Candidatus Pelosinus lactatifermentans" Heng et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lac.ta.ti.fer.men’tans. N.L. masc. n. lactas, lactate; L. pres. part. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. masc. part. adj. lactatifermentans, fermenting lactate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lak-ta-ti-fer-MEN-tans, masculine

Original publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6976.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-11-04.

Parent taxon: Pelosinus Shelobolina et al. 2007

Assigned by: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬

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Record number: 68480