Name: Fretibacterium fastidiosum Vartoukian et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fas.ti.di.o’sum. L. neut. adj. fastidiosum, fastidious, referring to the nutritional requirements of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fre-ti-bak-TE-ri-um fas-ti-di-O-sum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 25557; JCM 16858; SGP1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ149247 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vartoukian SR, Downes J, Palmer RM, Wade WG. Fretibacterium fastidiosum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:458-463. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fretibacterium Vartoukian et al. 2013. Publication: Vartoukian SR, Downes J, Palmer RM, Wade WG. Fretibacterium fastidiosum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:458-463. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 43 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Fretibacterium Vartoukian et al. 2013

Assigned by: Vartoukian SR, Downes J, Palmer RM, Wade WG. Fretibacterium fastidiosum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:458-463. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 790531