Name: Fusobacterium animalis (Gharbia and Shah 1992) Kook et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. neut. n. animal, an animal (gen. animalis); L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51191; CCUG 32879; CIP 104879; DSM 19679; DSM 8253; JCM 11025; NCTC 12276

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB639143 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kook JK, Park SN, Lim YK, Cho E, Jo E, Roh H, Shin Y, Paek J, Kim HS, Kim H, et al. Correction to: Genome-Based Reclassification of Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies at the Species Level. Curr Microbiol 2021; 79:2.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 204. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5260.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Munson et al. (2023). Publication: Munson E, Carella A, Carroll KC. Valid and accepted novel bacterial taxa derived from human clinical specimens and taxonomic revisions published in 2022. J Clin Microbiol 2023; 61:e0083823.

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kook JK, Park SN, Lim YK, Cho E, Jo E, Roh H, Shin Y, Paek J, Kim HS, Kim H, et al. Correction to: Genome-Based Reclassification of Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies at the Species Level. Curr Microbiol 2021; 79:2.

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Record number: 28094