Name: Megasphaera paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, devouring few substrates

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16981; VTT E-032341

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB609708 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Juvonen R, Suihko ML. Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:695-702.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Juvonen R, Suihko ML. Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:695-702.

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Record number: 777748