Name: Reyranella massiliensis Pagnier et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, of or belonging to Massilia, Latin name of Marseille, where the strain was characterized

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 521; CSUR P115; DSM 23428

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF394922 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pagnier I, Raoult D, La Scola B. Isolation and characterization of Reyranella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from freshwater samples by using an amoeba co-culture procedure. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2151-2154.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Reyranella Pagnier et al. 2011. Publication: Pagnier I, Raoult D, La Scola B. Isolation and characterization of Reyranella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from freshwater samples by using an amoeba co-culture procedure. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2151-2154.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Reyranella Pagnier et al. 2011

Assigned by: Pagnier I, Raoult D, La Scola B. Isolation and characterization of Reyranella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from freshwater samples by using an amoeba co-culture procedure. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2151-2154.

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