Species Blautia aquisgranensis

Name: Blautia aquisgranensis Hitch et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.quis.gra.nen’sis. L. fem. adj. aquisgranensis, named after the German city of Aachen (Latin name Aquisgranum) where it was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: BLA͡U-ti-a a-kwis-gra-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CLA JM-H16; DSM 114586; LMG 33033

Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Masson JM, Pauvert C, Bosch J, Nuchtern S, Treichel NS, Baloh M, Razavi S, Afrizal A, Kousetzi N, et al. HiBC: a publicly available collection of bacterial strains isolated from the human gut. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4203. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Blautia Liu et al. 2008

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Masson JM, Pauvert C, Bosch J, Nuchtern S, Treichel NS, Baloh M, Razavi S, Afrizal A, Kousetzi N, et al. HiBC: a publicly available collection of bacterial strains isolated from the human gut. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4203. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 65263

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