Name: Gleimia hominis (Funke et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces hominis Funke et al. 2010

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. masc. n. homo (gen. hominis), a human being, man, person; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of man, indicating that the type strain was isolated from a human

Pronunciation, gender: HO-mi-nis, feminine

Type strain: 1094; 7894GR; CCUG 57540; DSM 22168

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16S rRNA gene: FJ617539 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces hominis Funke et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Actinomyces hominis Funke et al. 2010, 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 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 risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Actinomyces hominis Funke et al. 2010. Publication: Funke G, Englert R, Frodl R, Bernard KA, Stenger S. Actinomyces hominis sp. nov., isolated from a wound swab. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1678-1681. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Parent taxon: Gleimia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798110