Name: Senegalimassilia anaerobia corrig. Lagier et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ae.ro’bi.a. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. fem. adj. anaerobia, anaerobe, can live in the absence of oxygen, referring to the respiratory metabolism of organism

Pronunciation, gender: an-a͡e-RO-bi-a, feminine

Type strain: CSUR P147; DSM 25959; JC110

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF824809 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lagier JC, Elkarkouri K, Rivet R, Couderc C, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Senegalemassilia anaerobia gen. nov., sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 7:343-356. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Senegalemassilia anaerobia Lagier et al. 2014	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  • Han et al. 2020 Han KI, Kim JS, Lee KC, Eom MK, Suh MK, Kim HS, Park SH, Lee JH, Kang SW, Park JE, et al. Senegalimassilia faecalis sp. nov., an anaerobic actinobacterium isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Senegalimassilia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1684-1690. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Senegalimassilia corrig. Lagier et al. 2014. Publication: Lagier JC, Elkarkouri K, Rivet R, Couderc C, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Senegalemassilia anaerobia gen. nov., sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 7:343-356. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the genus name, Senegalemassilia (sic), has been corrected on validation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.

Parent taxon: Senegalimassilia corrig. Lagier et al. 2014

Assigned by: Lagier JC, Elkarkouri K, Rivet R, Couderc C, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Senegalemassilia anaerobia gen. nov., sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 7:343-356. 🇫🇷

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