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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Tessaracoccus massiliensis

Name: Tessaracoccus massiliensis Seck et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the old Roman name for Marseille, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mas-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P1301; DSM 29060; SIT-7

16S rRNA gene: LK985394 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Seck E, Traore SI, Khelaifia S, Beye M, Michelle C, Couderc C, Brah S, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Dubourg G. Tessaracoccus massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:3-12. 🇫🇷

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

Parent taxon: Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999

Assigned by: Seck E, Traore SI, Khelaifia S, Beye M, Michelle C, Couderc C, Brah S, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Dubourg G. Tessaracoccus massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:3-12. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 67937
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