Name: Brucella anthropi (Holmes et al. 1988) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ochrobactrum anthropi Holmes et al. 1988

Etymology: an.thro’pi. Gr. masc. n. anthrôpos, a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. anthropi, of a human being

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bru-KEL-la an-T^HRO-pi, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49188; CCUG 24695; CIP 82.115; DSM 6882; IFO 15819; JCM 21032; LMG 3331; NBRC 15819; NCTC 12168

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680966 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ochrobactrum anthropi Holmes et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Gazolla-Volpiano et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Brucella lupini (Trujillo et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Gazolla Volpiano C, Hayashi Sant'Anna F, Ambrosini A, Brito Lisboa B, Kayser Vargas L, Passaglia LMP. Reclassification of Ochrobactrum lupini as a later heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum anthropi based on whole-genome sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2312-2314. 🇧🇷
  • ⏰ According to Gazolla-Volpiano et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum lupini Trujillo et al. 2006. Publication: Gazolla Volpiano C, Hayashi Sant'Anna F, Ambrosini A, Brito Lisboa B, Kayser Vargas L, Passaglia LMP. Reclassification of Ochrobactrum lupini as a later heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum anthropi based on whole-genome sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2312-2314. 🇧🇷
  • ⏰ According to Hördt et al. (2020), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Brucella lupini (Trujillo et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Hördt et al. (2020), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum lupini Trujillo et al. 2006. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04510 (N = 29).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA, ht". — 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 the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Ochrobactrum anthropi Holmes et al. 1988. Publication: Holmes B, Popoff M, Kiredjian M, Kersters K. Ochrobactrum anthropi gen. nov., sp. nov. from human clinical specimens and previously known as group Vd. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:406-416. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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