Name: Sporomusa intestinalis Hattori et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.tes.ti.na’lis. L. neut. adj. intestinum, gut, intestine; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. intestinalis, intestinal, pertaining to the intestine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-tes-ti-NA-lis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17189; JCM 13218; Tc2A

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16S rRNA gene: AB818385 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hattori S, Hongoh Y, Itoh T, Deevong P, Trakulnaleamsai S, Noparatnaraporn N, Kudo T, Ohkuma M. Sporomusa intestinalis sp. nov., a homoacetogenic bacterium isolated from the gut of a higher termite, Termes comis (Termitinae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:321-324. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06185 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Sporomusa Möller et al. 1985

Assigned by: Hattori S, Hongoh Y, Itoh T, Deevong P, Trakulnaleamsai S, Noparatnaraporn N, Kudo T, Ohkuma M. Sporomusa intestinalis sp. nov., a homoacetogenic bacterium isolated from the gut of a higher termite, Termes comis (Termitinae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:321-324. 🇯🇵

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