Name: Pleomorphochaeta multiformis (Miyazaki et al. 2014) Arroua et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphaerochaeta multiformis Miyazaki et al. 2014

Etymology: mul.ti.for’mis. L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, shaped like; L. masc./fem. adj. multiformis, many shapes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23952; JCM 17281; MO-SPC2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB598280 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arroua B, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Magot M, Urios L, Grimaud R. Pleomorphochaeta caudata gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from an offshore oil well, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T as Pleomorphochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T comb. nov. as the type strain of this novel genus and emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:417-424.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphaerochaeta multiformis Miyazaki et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pleomorphochaeta Arroua et al. 2017. Publication: Arroua B, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Magot M, Urios L, Grimaud R. Pleomorphochaeta caudata gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from an offshore oil well, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T as Pleomorphochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T comb. nov. as the type strain of this novel genus and emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:417-424.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pleomorphochaeta Arroua et al. 2017

Assigned by: Arroua B, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Magot M, Urios L, Grimaud R. Pleomorphochaeta caudata gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from an offshore oil well, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T as Pleomorphochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T comb. nov. as the type strain of this novel genus and emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:417-424.

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