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Species Chryseobacterium anthropi

Name: Chryseobacterium anthropi Kämpfer et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: an.thro’pi. Gr. masc. n. anthrôpos, a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. anthropi, of a human being, since all strains so far recovered are from human clinical specimens

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khry-se-o-bak-TE-ri-um an-THRO-pi, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 52764; CIP 109762; NF 1366

16S rRNA gene: KY973978 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Vaneechoutte M, Lodders N, De Baere T, Avesani V, Janssens M, Busse HJ, Wauters G. Description of Chryseobacterium anthropi sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to Kaistella koreensis and Chryseobacterium haifense, proposal to reclassify Kaistella koreensis as Chryseobacterium koreense comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2421-2428. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "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 4 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.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Vaneechoutte M, Lodders N, De Baere T, Avesani V, Janssens M, Busse HJ, Wauters G. Description of Chryseobacterium anthropi sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to Kaistella koreensis and Chryseobacterium haifense, proposal to reclassify Kaistella koreensis as Chryseobacterium koreense comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2421-2428. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 788121