×
Subscribe to our newsletter

To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.


Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Fusicatenibacter faecihominis

Name: Fusicatenibacter faecihominis Afrizal et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ci.ho’mi.nis. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), the dregs, faeces; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. faecihominis, of human faeces [probably better: faecishominis or hominifaecis]

Pronunciation, gender: fa͡e-ki-HO-mi-nis, masculine

Type strain: CLA AA-H277; DSM 113288; JCM 35911

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Afrizal A, Hitch TCA, Viehof A, Treichel N, Riedel T, Abt B, Buhl EM, Kohlheyer D, Overmann J, Clavel T. Anaerobic single-cell dispensing facilitates the cultivation of human gut bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:3861-3881.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Fusicatenibacter Takada et al. 2013

Assigned by: Afrizal A, Hitch TCA, Viehof A, Treichel N, Riedel T, Abt B, Buhl EM, Kohlheyer D, Overmann J, Clavel T. Anaerobic single-cell dispensing facilitates the cultivation of human gut bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:3861-3881.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/fusicatenibacter-faecihominisLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 40597
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-11-12 18:06:52