Name: Alistipes ihumii Pfleiderer et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.hu’mi.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. ihumii, based on the acronym IHUMI, the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-STI-pes i-HU-mi-i, masculine

Type strain: AP11; CSUR P204; DSM 26107

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX101692 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfleiderer A, Mishra AK, Lagier JC, Robert C, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Alistipes ihumii sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1221-1235. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Alistipes ihumii" Pfleiderer et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 7 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Alistipes Rautio et al. 2003

Assigned by: Pfleiderer A, Mishra AK, Lagier JC, Robert C, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Alistipes ihumii sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1221-1235. 🇫🇷

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