Name: Pyramidobacter piscolens Downes et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pis.co’lens. L. masc. n. piscis (gen. piscis), fish; L. pres. part. olens, smelling; N.L. part. adj. piscolens, smelling of fish

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 55836; DSM 21147; JCM 16336; W5455

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU379932 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Downes J, Vartoukian SR, Dewhirst FE, Izard J, Chen T, Yu WH, Sutcliffe IC, Wade WG. Pyramidobacter piscolens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum 'Synergistetes' isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:972-980.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pyramidobacter Downes et al. 2009. Publication: Downes J, Vartoukian SR, Dewhirst FE, Izard J, Chen T, Yu WH, Sutcliffe IC, Wade WG. Pyramidobacter piscolens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum 'Synergistetes' isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:972-980.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Pyramidobacter Downes et al. 2009

Assigned by: Downes J, Vartoukian SR, Dewhirst FE, Izard J, Chen T, Yu WH, Sutcliffe IC, Wade WG. Pyramidobacter piscolens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum 'Synergistetes' isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:972-980.

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