Name: Butyricimonas faecihominis Sakamoto et al. 2014

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]

Pronunciation, gender: fa͡e-ki-HO-mi-nis, feminine

Type strain: 180-3; CCUG 65562; JCM 18676

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB916501 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Tanaka Y, Benno Y, Ohkuma M. Butyricimonas faecihominis sp. nov. and Butyricimonas paravirosa sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2992-2997.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Le Roy et al. 2019 Le Roy T, Van der Smissen P, Paquot A, Delzenne N, Muccioli GG, Collet JF, Cani PD. Butyricimonas faecalis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:833-838. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Butyricimonas Sakamoto et al. 2009

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Tanaka Y, Benno Y, Ohkuma M. Butyricimonas faecihominis sp. nov. and Butyricimonas paravirosa sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2992-2997.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/butyricimonas-faecihominisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 792127