Species Atopobium deltae

Name: Atopobium deltae Cools et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: del’tae. L. gen. fem. n. deltae, of Delta, referring to the Delta Hospital in Roeselare, Belgium, the hospital where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-to-PO-bi-um DEL-ta͡e, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 65171; DSM 29879; HHRM1715; LMG 27987

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KF537630 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cools P, Oyaert M, Vaneechoutte M, De Laere E, Vervaeke S. Atopobium deltae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier's gangrene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3140-3145. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2 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 risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993

Assigned by: Cools P, Oyaert M, Vaneechoutte M, De Laere E, Vervaeke S. Atopobium deltae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier's gangrene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3140-3145. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 792154