Name: Scrofimicrobium appendicitidis Lao et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ap.pen.di.ci’ti.dis. N.L. gen. fem. n. appendicitidis, of appendicitis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: skro-fi-mi-KRO-bi-um ap-pen-di-KI-ti-dis, neuter

Type strain: JCM 36615; LMG 33627; R131

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OR652275 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lao HY, Wong AYP, Ng TT, Wong RY, Yau MC, Lam JY, Siu GK. Scrofimicrobium appendicitidis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with ruptured appendicitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6633. 🇭🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07498 (N = 13).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-03.
  • 🙆 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: Scrofimicrobium Wylensek et al. 2021

Assigned by: Lao HY, Wong AYP, Ng TT, Wong RY, Yau MC, Lam JY, Siu GK. Scrofimicrobium appendicitidis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with ruptured appendicitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6633. 🇭🇰

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