Name: Gordonibacter faecihominis Jin et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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

Type strain: CAT-2; JCM 16058; KCTC 15204

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16S rRNA gene: KF785806 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jin JS, Lee KC, Park IS, Kim KK, Ahn JS, Benno Y, Hattori M, Lee JS. Gordonibacter faecihominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:439-447.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens Selma et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens Selma et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Danylec et al. (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens Selma et al. 2014. Publication: Danylec N, Stoll DA, Huch M. Gordonibacter faecihominis is a later heterotypic synonym of Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2527-2532.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • ❗ Gordonibacter faecihominis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Gordonibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Gordonibacter Würdemann et al. 2009

Assigned by: Jin JS, Lee KC, Park IS, Kim KK, Ahn JS, Benno Y, Hattori M, Lee JS. Gordonibacter faecihominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:439-447.

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Record number: 792464