Name: Faecalibacterium hattorii Sakamoto et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hat.to’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hattorii, of Hattori, named after the Japanese molecular biologist Masahira Hattori, for his contributions to research on human microbiome

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hat-TO-ri-i, neuter

Type strain: APC922/41-1; DSM 107841; JCM 39210

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC670256 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Sakurai N, Tanno H, Iino T, Ohkuma M, Endo A. Genome-based, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic classification of Faecalibacterium strains: proposal of three novel species Faecalibacterium duncaniae sp. nov., Faecalibacterium hattorii sp. nov. and Faecalibacterium gallinarum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5379. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5434.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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.

Parent taxon: Faecalibacterium Duncan et al. 2002

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Sakurai N, Tanno H, Iino T, Ohkuma M, Endo A. Genome-based, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic classification of Faecalibacterium strains: proposal of three novel species Faecalibacterium duncaniae sp. nov., Faecalibacterium hattorii sp. nov. and Faecalibacterium gallinarum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5379. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 28329