Name: Dialister micraerophilus Jumas-Bilak et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: micr.a.e.ro’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. micraerophilus, slightly air-loving, referring to the ability of the species to grow under microaerophilic conditions

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: di-a-LIS-ter mikr-a-e-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ADV 04.01; AIP 25.04; CCUG 48837; CIP 108278; DSM 19965

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF473837 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Carlier JP, Teyssier C, Bernard K, Gay B, Campos J, Morio F, Marchandin H. Dialister micraerophilus sp. nov. and Dialister propionicifaciens sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2471-2478. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 24 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Dialister (ex Bergey et al. 1923) Moore and Moore 1994

Assigned by: Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Carlier JP, Teyssier C, Bernard K, Gay B, Campos J, Morio F, Marchandin H. Dialister micraerophilus sp. nov. and Dialister propionicifaciens sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2471-2478. 🇫🇷

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