Name: Anaerofustis stercorihominis Finegold et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster.co.ri.ho.mi.nis. L. neut. n. stercus (gen. stercoris), dung, excrements, ordure; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of human; N.L. gen. masc. n. stercorihominis, of human feces

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-858; CCUG 47767; DSM 17244; WAL 14563

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ518871 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Finegold SM, Lawson PA, Vaisanen ML, Molitoris DR, Song Y, Liu C, Collins MD. Anaerofustis stercorihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:41-45.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerofustis Finegold et al. 2004. Publication: Finegold SM, Lawson PA, Vaisanen ML, Molitoris DR, Song Y, Liu C, Collins MD. Anaerofustis stercorihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:41-45.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 In the etymology provided by Finegold et al. 2004, the L. n. stercus is erroneously cited as stercor. 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.

Parent taxon: Anaerofustis Finegold et al. 2004

Assigned by: Finegold SM, Lawson PA, Vaisanen ML, Molitoris DR, Song Y, Liu C, Collins MD. Anaerofustis stercorihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human feces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:41-45.

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