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

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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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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