Name: Anaerostipes hominis Lee et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, referring to the human gut habitat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HO-mi-nis, masculine

Type strain: BG 1; JCM 32275; KCTC 15617

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16S rRNA gene: KY703633 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee JY, Kang W, Shin NR, Hyun DW, Kim PS, Kim HS, Lee JY, Tak EJ, Sung H, Bae JW. Anaerostipes hominis sp. nov., a novel butyrate-producing bacteria isolated from faeces of a patient with Crohn's disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5129. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002

Assigned by: Lee JY, Kang W, Shin NR, Hyun DW, Kim PS, Kim HS, Lee JY, Tak EJ, Sung H, Bae JW. Anaerostipes hominis sp. nov., a novel butyrate-producing bacteria isolated from faeces of a patient with Crohn's disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5129. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 24605