Name: Alistipes communis Sakamoto et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com.mu’nis. L. masc. adj. communis, common, widespread, referring to the frequent isolation of the species in the human faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-STI-pes kom-MU-nis, masculine

Type strain: 5CBH24; DSM 108979; JCM 32850

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC468799 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Ogata Y, Suda W, Iino T, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. Alistipes communis sp. nov., Alistipes dispar sp. nov. and Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. vulgaris subsp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and creation of Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. onderdonkii subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:473-480. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Alistipes obesi" Hugon et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Sakamoto et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Alistipes obesi" Hugon et al. 2013. Publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Ogata Y, Suda W, Iino T, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. Alistipes communis sp. nov., Alistipes dispar sp. nov. and Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. vulgaris subsp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and creation of Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. onderdonkii subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:473-480. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 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 0 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Alistipes Rautio et al. 2003

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Ogata Y, Suda W, Iino T, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. Alistipes communis sp. nov., Alistipes dispar sp. nov. and Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. vulgaris subsp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and creation of Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. onderdonkii subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:473-480. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 5707