Species Haematomicrobium sanguinis

Name: Haematomicrobium sanguinis (Mages et al. 2009) Schumann and Busse 2017

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter sanguinis Mages et al. 2009

Etymology: san’gui.nis. L. gen. masc. n. sanguinis, of blood, indicating that the bacterium was isolated from a blood culture

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha͡e-ma-to-mi-KRO-bi-um SAN-gu͡i-nis, neuter

Type strain: 741; CCUG 46407; DSM 21259

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU086805 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schumann P, Busse HJ. Reclassification of Arthrobacter sanguinis (Mages et al. 2009) as Haematomicrobium sanguinis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1052-1057. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter sanguinis Mages et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haematomicrobium Schumann and Busse 2017. Publication: Schumann P, Busse HJ. Reclassification of Arthrobacter sanguinis (Mages et al. 2009) as Haematomicrobium sanguinis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1052-1057. 🇦🇹
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Haematomicrobium Schumann and Busse 2017

Assigned by: Schumann P, Busse HJ. Reclassification of Arthrobacter sanguinis (Mages et al. 2009) as Haematomicrobium sanguinis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1052-1057. 🇦🇹

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