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Species Blautia caccae
Name: Blautia caccae Hitch et al. 2025
Etymology: cac’cae. N.L. fem. n. cacca, human ordure, faeces; from Gr. fem. n. kakkê, human ordure, faeces; N.L. gen. fem. n. caccae, of faeces, referring to the source of isolate
Pronunciation, gender: KAK-ka͡e, feminine
Type strain: CLA SR-H028; DSM 118556; LMG 33609
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
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)
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Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Blautia caccae" Maturana and Cárdenas 2021.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
- 🙆 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 other species in the genus.
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: 65587
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