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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M35014 Analyse FASTA

Original 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 Journal of Microbiology and Serology 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

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 Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1964; 30:261-272.

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 Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1964; 30:261-272.

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