Name: Actinobacillus hominis Friis-Møller 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. masc. n. homo (gen. hominis), man; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of man

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 12; ATCC 49457; CCUG 19800; CIP 102631; DSM 22262; NCTC 11529; P 578

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438666 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Friis-Møller A. A new Actinobacillus species from the human respiratory tract: Actinobacillus hominis nov. sp. In: Kilian M, Frederiksen W, Biberstein EL (eds), Haemophilus, Pasteurella and Actinobacillus, Academic Press, London, 1981, p. 151-157.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.

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 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Friis-Møller A. A new Actinobacillus species from the human respiratory tract: Actinobacillus hominis nov. sp. In: Kilian M, Frederiksen W, Biberstein EL (eds), Haemophilus, Pasteurella and Actinobacillus, Academic Press, London, 1981, p. 151-157.

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Record number: 783280