Name:Chryseobacteriumhominis Vaneechoutte et al. 2007
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology:ho’mi.nis.L. masc. n.homo (gen. hominis), a man, a human being; L. gen. masc. n.hominis, of a man, of a human being, named as such because most of the known isolates at the time of description are of human origin, in opposition to most other Chryseobacterium species
Valid publication:
Vaneechoutte M, Kampfer P, De Baere T, Avesani V, Janssens M, Wauters G. Chryseobacterium hominis sp. nov., to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to CDC groups II-h and II-c. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2623-2628. 🇧🇪
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
⏰ According to Kämpfer et al. (2009), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Chryseobacteriumarothri Campbell et al. 2008.Publication:
Kampfer P, Vaneechoutte M, Wauters G. Chryseobacterium arothri Campbell et al. 2008 is a later heterotypic synonym of Chryseobacterium hominis Vaneechoutte et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:695-697. 🇩🇪
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 6 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. 🇬🇧
Assigned by:
Vaneechoutte M, Kampfer P, De Baere T, Avesani V, Janssens M, Wauters G. Chryseobacterium hominis sp. nov., to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to CDC groups II-h and II-c. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2623-2628. 🇧🇪
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