Name: Selenomonas lipolytica Dighe et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.po.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. lipos, fat; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. lipolytica, fat-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: se-le-NO-mo-nas li-po-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CF1B; MCM B505

16S rRNA gene: AF001901 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dighe AS, Shouche YS, Ranade DR. Selenomonas lipolytica sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium possessing lipolytic activity. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:783-791. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dighea lipolytica" (Dighe et al. 1998) Heng and Kittelmann 2026	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dighe AS, Shouche YS, Ranade DR. Selenomonas lipolytica sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium possessing lipolytic activity. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:783-791. 🇮🇳

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