Name: Allobaculum stercoricanis Greetham et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster.co.ri.ca’nis. L. neut. n. stercus (gen. stercoris), feces; L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of a dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. stercoricanis, from dog feces [probably better: stercoriscanis or canistercoris]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 45212; DSM 13633

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ417075 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Hippe H, Merkhoffer B, Steiner U, Falsen E, Collins MD. Allobaculum stercoricanis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from canine feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:301-307.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Allobaculum Greetham et al. 2006. Publication: Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Hippe H, Merkhoffer B, Steiner U, Falsen E, Collins MD. Allobaculum stercoricanis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from canine feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:301-307.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In Fig. 2 of the effective publication, the type strain is erroneously cited as DSM 13632. — The epithet stercoricanis is a neo-Latin genitive noun, not a Latin genitive noun as cited in the effective publication. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Allobaculum Greetham et al. 2006

Assigned by: Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Hippe H, Merkhoffer B, Steiner U, Falsen E, Collins MD. Allobaculum stercoricanis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from canine feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:301-307.

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