Name: Dermabacter vaginalis Chang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi.na’lis. L. fem. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. vaginalis, pertaining to vagina, of the vagina

Pronunciation, gender: wa-gi-NA-lis, masculine

Type strain: AD1-86; DSM 100050; KCTC 39585

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP903369 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim BC. Dermabacter vaginalis sp. nov., isolated from human vaginal fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1881-1886.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 genus.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🧍 In the original publication by Chang et al. 2016, p. 1885, the DSM number is mistakenly given as DSM 10050. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989

Assigned by: Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim BC. Dermabacter vaginalis sp. nov., isolated from human vaginal fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1881-1886.

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Record number: 794030