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]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-lo-BA-ku-lum ster-ko-RI-ka-nis, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 15 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 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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