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Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Porphyromonas vaginalis

Name: Porphyromonas vaginalis Abou Chacra et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi.na’lis. L. fem. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; N.L. fem. adj. vaginalis, pertaining to vagina

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 30262; CSUR P5150; Marseille P5150

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Effective publication: Abou Chacra L, Benatmane A, Iwaza R, Ly C, Alibar S, Armstrong N, Mediannikov O, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. Culturomics reveals a hidden world of vaginal microbiota with the isolation of 206 bacteria from a single vaginal sample. Arch Microbiol 2023; 206:20.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988

Assigned by: Abou Chacra L, Benatmane A, Iwaza R, Ly C, Alibar S, Armstrong N, Mediannikov O, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. Culturomics reveals a hidden world of vaginal microbiota with the isolation of 206 bacteria from a single vaginal sample. Arch Microbiol 2023; 206:20.

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Record number: 46696
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