Name: Varibaculum timonense Lo et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. timonense, related to Timone, the name of the main university hospital in Marseille, France, from where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-mo-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 9674; CSUR P3369; Marseille P3369

16S rRNA gene: LT797538 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lo CI, Niang EHA, Guilhot E, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Varibaculum timonense sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from human stool sample. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 31:100575. 🇫🇷

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Varibaculum timonense" Guilhot et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003

Assigned by: Lo CI, Niang EHA, Guilhot E, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. Varibaculum timonense sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from human stool sample. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 31:100575. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 19599