Name: Fournierella massiliensis Togo et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseilles

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AT2; CSUR P2014; DSM 100451

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN846908 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Togo AH, Durand G, Khelaifia S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Cadoret F, Di Pinto F, Delerce J, Levasseur A, Raoult D, et al. Fournierella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new human-associated member of the family Ruminococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1393-1399.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fournierella Togo et al. 2017. Publication: Togo AH, Durand G, Khelaifia S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Cadoret F, Di Pinto F, Delerce J, Levasseur A, Raoult D, et al. Fournierella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new human-associated member of the family Ruminococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1393-1399.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fournierella Togo et al. 2017

Assigned by: Togo AH, Durand G, Khelaifia S, Armstrong N, Robert C, Cadoret F, Di Pinto F, Delerce J, Levasseur A, Raoult D, et al. Fournierella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new human-associated member of the family Ruminococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1393-1399.

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Record number: 795292