Name: Sutterella megalosphaeroides Sakamoto et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ga.lo.sphae.ro.i.des. Gr. masc. adj. megas, large; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere, globe; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. megalosphaeroides, resembling a large sphere

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 6FBBBH3; DSM 106861; JCM 32470

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16S rRNA gene: LC388666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Kunihiro T, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Mesosutterella multiformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Sutterellaceae and Sutterella megalosphaeroides sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3942-3950.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sutterella Wexler et al. 1996

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Kunihiro T, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Mesosutterella multiformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Sutterellaceae and Sutterella megalosphaeroides sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3942-3950.

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Record number: 798013