Name: Faecalimonas hominis Yamamoto et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, referring to the human gut habitat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HO-mi-nis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 118889; JCM 37172; OB7656

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16S rRNA gene: LC878529 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamamoto E, Hisatomi A, Miwa K, Sakurai N, Koizumi A, Ohkuma M, Tsuchihashi H, Sakamoto M. Proposal of two novel species, Allocoprococcus similis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Faecalimonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and genome-based reorganization of the genus Coprococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7011. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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Parent taxon: Faecalimonas Sakamoto et al. 2017

Assigned by: Yamamoto E, Hisatomi A, Miwa K, Sakurai N, Koizumi A, Ohkuma M, Tsuchihashi H, Sakamoto M. Proposal of two novel species, Allocoprococcus similis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Faecalimonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and genome-based reorganization of the genus Coprococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7011. 🇯🇵

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