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Species Blautia glucerasea

Name: Blautia glucerasea corrig. Furuya et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: glu.ce.ra.se.a. N.L. neut. n. glucerasum, GluCerase; L. fem. adj. suff. -ea, suffix used with various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. glucerasea, belonging to GluCerase, intended to mean able to hydrolyze glucosylceramide (GluCer)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22028; HFTH-1; NBRC 104932

16S rRNA gene: AB588023 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Furuya H, Ide Y, Hamamoto M, Asanuma N, Hino T. Isolation of a novel bacterium, Blautia glucerasei sp. nov., hydrolyzing plant glucosylceramide to ceramide. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:365-372. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 15 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 other species in the genus.
    • 🧍 The specific epithet has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.
    • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, glucerasei (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

Parent taxon: Blautia Liu et al. 2008

Assigned by: Furuya H, Ide Y, Hamamoto M, Asanuma N, Hino T. Isolation of a novel bacterium, Blautia glucerasei sp. nov., hydrolyzing plant glucosylceramide to ceramide. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:365-372. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 788483

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