Name: Butyricicoccus faecihominis Takada et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ci.ho’mi.nis. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), the dregs, faeces; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. faecihominis, of human faeces [probably better: faecishominis or hominifaecis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 100989; JCM 31056; KS-2; YIT 12789

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC082228 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takada T, Watanabe K, Makino H, Kushiro A. Reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Butyricicoccus desmolans comb. nov., and description of Butyricicoccus faecihominis sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4125-4131.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species may be reclassified as Agathobaculum". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008

Assigned by: Takada T, Watanabe K, Makino H, Kushiro A. Reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Butyricicoccus desmolans comb. nov., and description of Butyricicoccus faecihominis sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4125-4131.

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Record number: 794664