Name: Veillonella tobetsuensis Mashima et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.bet.su.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tobetsuensis, pertaining to Tobetsu in Hokkaido, Japan, where the type strain and three other strains supporting the description of the species were isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2400; B 16; JCM 17976

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB679109 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mashima I, Kamaguchi A, Miyakawa H, Nakazawa F. Veillonella tobetsuensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, gram-negative coccus isolated from human tongue biofilms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1443-1449.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mashima I, Kamaguchi A, Miyakawa H, Nakazawa F. Veillonella tobetsuensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, gram-negative coccus isolated from human tongue biofilms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1443-1449.

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Record number: 790631