Name: Dialister propionicifaciens Jumas-Bilak et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.pi.o.ni’ci.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; L. v. facio, to produce; N.L. part. adj. propionicifaciens, propionic acid-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ADV 1053.03; AIP 26; AIP 26.04; CCUG 49291; CIP 108336; DSM 21700

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY850119 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Carlier JP, Teyssier C, Bernard K, Gay B, Campos J, Morio F, Marchandin H. Dialister micraerophilus sp. nov. and Dialister propionicifaciens sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2471-2478.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Dialister (ex Bergey et al. 1923) Moore and Moore 1994

Assigned by: Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Carlier JP, Teyssier C, Bernard K, Gay B, Campos J, Morio F, Marchandin H. Dialister micraerophilus sp. nov. and Dialister propionicifaciens sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2471-2478.

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