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Species Dialister hominis
Name: Dialister hominis Sakamoto et al. 2020
Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, referring to the human gut habitat
Pronunciation, gender: HO-mi-nis, masculine
Type strain: 5BBH33; DSM 109768; JCM 33369
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
LC487980
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Toyoda A, Murakami T, Mori H, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Dialister hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:589-595. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Dialister massiliensis" Afouda et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Heng et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Dialister massiliensis" Afouda et al. 2020.
Publication:
Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬
- 🎓 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.
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⏰ According to Heng et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Dialister massiliensis" Afouda et al. 2020.
Publication:
Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937.
Parent taxon: Dialister (ex Bergey et al. 1923) Moore and Moore 1994
Assigned by:
Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Toyoda A, Murakami T, Mori H, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Dialister hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:589-595. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 5721
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