Name: Veillonella rogosae Arif et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.go’sae. N.L. gen. masc. n. rogosae, of Rogosa, named in honour of the late American microbiologist Morrison Rogosa, for his outstanding contributions to microbiology and to the taxonomy of the genus Veillonella

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ro-GO-sa͡e, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 54233; CF100; DSM 18960; JCM 15642

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF108443 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arif N, Do T, Byun R, Sheehy E, Clark D, Gilbert SC, Beighton D. Veillonella rogosae sp. nov., an anaerobic, Gram-negative coccus isolated from dental plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:581-584. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 17 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Arif N, Do T, Byun R, Sheehy E, Clark D, Gilbert SC, Beighton D. Veillonella rogosae sp. nov., an anaerobic, Gram-negative coccus isolated from dental plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:581-584. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 785903