Name: Raoultibacter phocaeensis Yacouba et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.cae.en’sis. L. masc. adj. phocaeensis, in relation to Phocaea, an ancient Greek city which founded Massilia (modern Marseille), the oldest city of France, where this type strain was described

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … p^ho-ka͡e-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 30202; CSUR P8396; Marseille P8396

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16S rRNA gene: LR031297 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yacouba A, Kuete Yimagou E, Lo CI, Tchoupou Saha OF, Alibar S, Fadlane A, Fontanini A, Brechard L, Raoult D, Lagier JC, et al. Raoultibacter phocaeensis sp. nov., A New Bacterium Isolated from a Patient with Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:263. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: Marseille P3277.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-03.

Parent taxon: Raoultibacter Traore et al. 2022

Assigned by: Yacouba A, Kuete Yimagou E, Lo CI, Tchoupou Saha OF, Alibar S, Fadlane A, Fontanini A, Brechard L, Raoult D, Lagier JC, et al. Raoultibacter phocaeensis sp. nov., A New Bacterium Isolated from a Patient with Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:263. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 70419