Name: Fastidiosipila sanguinis Falsen et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: san’gui.nis. L. gen. masc. n. sanguinis, of blood, referring to the source of the organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47711; CIP 108292; DSM 18896

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ575187 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Falsen E, Collins MD, Welinder-Olsson C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Lawson PA. Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:853-858.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fastidiosipila Falsen et al. 2005. Publication: Falsen E, Collins MD, Welinder-Olsson C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Lawson PA. Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:853-858.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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: Fastidiosipila Falsen et al. 2005

Assigned by: Falsen E, Collins MD, Welinder-Olsson C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Lawson PA. Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:853-858.

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