Species Adlercreutzia hattorii

Name: Adlercreutzia hattorii Sakamoto et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: hat.to’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hattorii, of Hattori, named after the Japanese molecular biologist Masahira Hattori, for his contributions to research on human microbiome

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-dler-KRE͡UT-zi-a hat-TO-ri-i, feminine

Type strain: 8CFCBH1; DSM 112284; JCM 34083

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16S rRNA gene: LC604630 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Yuki M, Murakami T, Mori H, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Adlercreutzia hattorii sp. nov., an equol non-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5121. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Adlercreutzia Maruo et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Yuki M, Murakami T, Mori H, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Adlercreutzia hattorii sp. nov., an equol non-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5121. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 24579