Name: Facklamia hominis Collins et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, from which the organisms were first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700628; CCUG 36813; CIP 105962; LMG 18980

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16S rRNA gene: Y10772 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Falsen E, Lemozy J, Akervall E, Sjoden B, Lawson PA. Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of some Globicatella-like organisms from human sources: description of Facklamia hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:880-882.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Facklamia Collins et al. 1997. Publication: Collins MD, Falsen E, Lemozy J, Akervall E, Sjoden B, Lawson PA. Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of some Globicatella-like organisms from human sources: description of Facklamia hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:880-882.
  • 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 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: Facklamia Collins et al. 1997

Assigned by: Collins MD, Falsen E, Lemozy J, Akervall E, Sjoden B, Lawson PA. Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of some Globicatella-like organisms from human sources: description of Facklamia hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:880-882.

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