Name: Veillonella seminalis Aujoulat et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.mi.na’lis. L. fem. adj. seminalis, pertaining to semen, the main source of isolation for the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ADV 4313.2; CIP 107810; LMG 28162

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY211542 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aujoulat F, Bouvet P, Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Marchandin H. Veillonella seminalis sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-stain-negative coccus from human clinical samples, and emended description of the genus Veillonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3526-3531.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aujoulat F, Bouvet P, Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Marchandin H. Veillonella seminalis sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-stain-negative coccus from human clinical samples, and emended description of the genus Veillonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3526-3531.

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Record number: 792209