Name: Cardiobacterium hominis Slotnick and Dougherty 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, of a man

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15826; CCUG 2711; CIP 70.70; DSM 8339; LMG 3916; NCTC 10426

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M35014 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Slotnick IJ, Dougherty M. FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF AN UNCLASSIFIED GROUP OF BACTERIA CAUSING ENDOCARDITIS IN MAN: CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS GEN. ET SP. N. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1964; 30:261-272.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cardiobacterium Slotnick and Dougherty 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Slotnick IJ, Dougherty M. FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF AN UNCLASSIFIED GROUP OF BACTERIA CAUSING ENDOCARDITIS IN MAN: CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS GEN. ET SP. N. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1964; 30:261-272.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 190 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Cardiobacterium Slotnick and Dougherty 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Slotnick IJ, Dougherty M. FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF AN UNCLASSIFIED GROUP OF BACTERIA CAUSING ENDOCARDITIS IN MAN: CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS GEN. ET SP. N. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1964; 30:261-272.

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Record number: 774479