Name: Telluria agri (Chaudhary and Kim 2017) Bowman 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Massilia agri Chaudhary and Kim 2017

Etymology: a’gri. L. gen. masc. n. agri, of a field

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tel-LU-ri-a A-gri, feminine

Type strain: JCM 31661; K-3-1; KACC 19000; KEMB 9005-446

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX672812 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP. Genome-wide and constrained ordination-based analyses of EC code data support reclassification of the species of Massilia La Scola et al. 2000 into Telluria Bowman et al. 1993, Mokoshia gen. nov. and Zemynaea gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5991. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Massilia agri Chaudhary and Kim 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Massilia agri Chaudhary and Kim 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Telluria agri is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Telluria.
  • 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Telluria Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Bowman JP. Genome-wide and constrained ordination-based analyses of EC code data support reclassification of the species of Massilia La Scola et al. 2000 into Telluria Bowman et al. 1993, Mokoshia gen. nov. and Zemynaea gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5991. 🇦🇺

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