Name: Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens Selma et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ro.li.thin.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. urolithinum, urolithin; L. v. facio, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. urolithinfaciens, urolithin-producing (should rather be urolithinifaciens)

Pronunciation, gender: u-ro-li-t^hin-FA-ki-ens, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 64261; CEBAS 1/15P; DSM 27213

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK544835 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Selma MV, Tomas-Barberan FA, Beltran D, Garcia-Villalba R, Espin JC. Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens sp. nov., a urolithin-producing bacterium isolated from the human gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2346-2352.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordonibacter faecihominis Jin et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Danylec et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Gordonibacter faecihominis Jin et al. 2015. 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 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 14 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Gordonibacter Würdemann et al. 2009

Assigned by: Selma MV, Tomas-Barberan FA, Beltran D, Garcia-Villalba R, Espin JC. Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens sp. nov., a urolithin-producing bacterium isolated from the human gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2346-2352.

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Record number: 791964