Name: Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.ri.de.ro’e.des. N.L. adj. perideroedes, necklace-like

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-740; DSM 15528; Gr1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF180468 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thomsen TR, Blackall LL, de Muro MA, Nielsen JL, Nielsen PH. Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1865-1868.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Neomegalonema perideroedes (Thomsen et al. 2006) Oren 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Meganema perideroedes" Nielsen et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Neomegalonema perideroedes" corrig. Nielsen et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Neomegalonema perideroedes (Thomsen et al. 2006) Oren 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006. Publication: Thomsen TR, Blackall LL, de Muro MA, Nielsen JL, Nielsen PH. Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1865-1868.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The epithet perideroedes is a "N.L. neut. adj.", not a "Gr. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Thomsen et al. 2006 (see Rule 6). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006

Assigned by: Thomsen TR, Blackall LL, de Muro MA, Nielsen JL, Nielsen PH. Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1865-1868.

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