Name: Weizmannia agrestimuris Afrizal et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.gres.ti.mu’ris. L. masc./fem. adj. agrestis, wild; L. masc./fem. n. mus, a mouse; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. agrestimuris, of a wild mouse

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-gres-ti-MU-ris, feminine

Type strain: aMCA-6-a-A; DSM 106041; JCM 36499

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Effective publication: Afrizal A, Jennings SAV, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Basic M, Panyot A, Treichel N, Hager FT, Wong EO, Wolter B, et al. Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1630-1645. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Weizmannia agrestimuris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Weizmannia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Weizmannia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Afrizal A, Jennings SAV, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Basic M, Panyot A, Treichel N, Hager FT, Wong EO, Wolter B, et al. Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1630-1645. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 46569