Species "Selenomonas massiliensis"

Name: "Selenomonas massiliensis" Belkacemi et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. massiliensis, massiliensis from ‘Massilia’, the Latin name for Marseille, France, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: se-le-NO-mo-nas mas-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P4036; Marseille P4036

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16S rRNA gene: LT970915 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Belkacemi S, Cassir N, Delerce J, Cadoret F, La Scola B. 'Selenomonas massiliensis,' a new anaerobic bacterial species isolated from human oral microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 24:1-3. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Centipeda massiliensis" (Belkacemi et al. 2018) Heng and Kittelmann 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Centipeda massiliensis" (Belkacemi et al. 2018) Heng and Kittelmann 2026	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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

Assigned by: Belkacemi S, Cassir N, Delerce J, Cadoret F, La Scola B. 'Selenomonas massiliensis,' a new anaerobic bacterial species isolated from human oral microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 24:1-3. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 2499

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