Name: Rodentibacter abscessus Nakahara et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: abs.ces’sus. L. gen. masc. n. abscessus, referencing the ability to form abscesses

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ro-den-ti-BAK-ter abs-KES-sus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 118002; JCM 37054; KCTC 8595; THUN1654

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16S rRNA gene: LC815930 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakahara T, Nakamura A, Tamai K, Komatsu M, Ohkusu K. Rodentibacter abscessus sp. nov. isolated from pet hamster subcutaneous abscess. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6766. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-04-30.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Rodentibacter Adhikary et al. 2017

Assigned by: Nakahara T, Nakamura A, Tamai K, Komatsu M, Ohkusu K. Rodentibacter abscessus sp. nov. isolated from pet hamster subcutaneous abscess. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6766. 🇯🇵

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