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.

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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