Name: Aerococcus urinaehominis Lawson et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ri.nae.ho’mi.nis. L. fem. n. urina, urine; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of man; N.L. gen. fem. n. urinaehominis, pertaining to human urine from which the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 42038; CCUG 42038 B; CIP 106675; DSM 15634

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ278341 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Ohlen M, Collins MD. Aerococcus urinaehominis sp. nov., isolated from human urine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:683-686.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Tohno et al. 2014 Tohno M, Kitahara M, Matsuyama S, Kimura K, Ohkuma M, Tajima K. Aerococcus vaginalis sp. nov., isolated from the vaginal mucosa of a beef cow, and emended descriptions of Aerococcus suis, Aerococcus viridans, Aerococcus urinaeequi, Aerococcus urinaehominis, Aerococcus urinae, Aerococcus christensenii and Aerococcus sanguinicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1229-1236. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.
    Notes:
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07825 (N = 6).
  • 😷 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 = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Ohlen M, Collins MD. Aerococcus urinaehominis sp. nov., isolated from human urine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:683-686.

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Record number: 772882