Name: Dermabacter hominus Jones and Collins 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49369; CCUG 32998; CIP 105144; DSM 7083; JCM 7448; NCFB 2769; NCIMB 13131; Strain S69

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16S rRNA gene: X91034 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jones D, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on some human cutaneous coryneform bacteria: description of Dermabacter hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 51:51-56.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Dermabacter hominis corrig. Jones and Collins 1989

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermabacter hominis corrig. Jones and Collins 1989	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Dermabacter hominis corrig. Jones and Collins 1989, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989

Assigned by: Jones D, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on some human cutaneous coryneform bacteria: description of Dermabacter hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 51:51-56.

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Record number: 798247