Name: Varibaculum massiliense Niang et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, from Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, where the strain was first cultivated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CSUR P2802; DSM 103074; Marseille P2802

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16S rRNA gene: LT576396 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Niang EHA, Lo CI, Brahimi S, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Varibaculum massiliense sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human urine with culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100591.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Varibaculum massiliense" Brahimi et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 103272.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003

Assigned by: Niang EHA, Lo CI, Brahimi S, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Varibaculum massiliense sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human urine with culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100591.

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Record number: 19623