Name: Anaerostipes rhamnosivorans Bui et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rham.no.si.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. rhamnosum, rhamnose; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. rhamnosivorans, devouring rhamnose

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1y-2; DSM 26241; KCTC 15316

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX273468 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bui TP, de Vos WM, Plugge CM. Anaerostipes rhamnosivorans sp. nov., a human intestinal, butyrate-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:787-793.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 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.

Parent taxon: Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002

Assigned by: Bui TP, de Vos WM, Plugge CM. Anaerostipes rhamnosivorans sp. nov., a human intestinal, butyrate-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:787-793.

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Record number: 791606