Name: Auritidibacter ignavus Yassin et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ig.na’vus. L. masc. adj. ignavus, inactive

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 57943; DSM 45359; IMMIB L-1656

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK069432 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Klenk HP, Schumann P. Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Micrococcaceae isolated from an ear swab of a man with otitis externa, transfer of the members of the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 to the family Micrococcaceae and emended description of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:223-230.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Bernard et al. 2020 Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Beniac DR, Hiebert SL, Booth TF, Jakopp B, Goldenberger D, Seth-Smith HMB, et al. Emendation of the Genus Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011 and Auritidibacter ignavus Yassin et al. 2011 based on features observed from Canadian and Swiss clinical isolates and whole-genome sequencing analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:83-88. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011. Publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Klenk HP, Schumann P. Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Micrococcaceae isolated from an ear swab of a man with otitis externa, transfer of the members of the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 to the family Micrococcaceae and emended description of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:223-230.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Klenk HP, Schumann P. Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Micrococcaceae isolated from an ear swab of a man with otitis externa, transfer of the members of the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 to the family Micrococcaceae and emended description of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:223-230.

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