Name: Lachnoanaerobaculum orale Hedberg et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ra’le. L. neut. adj. orale, belonging to the mouth, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the oral cavity

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak^h-no-an-a-e-ro-BA-ku-lum o-RA-le, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 60305; DSM 24553; N1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ877677 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hedberg ME, Moore ER, Svensson-Stadler L, Horstedt P, Baranov V, Hernell O, Wai SN, Hammarstrom S, Hammarstrom ML. Lachnoanaerobaculum gen. nov., a new genus in the Lachnospiraceae: characterization of Lachnoanaerobaculum umeaense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human small intestine, and Lachnoanaerobaculum orale sp. nov., isolated from saliva, and reclassification of Eubacterium saburreum (Prevot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 as Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2685-2690. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24687 (N = 39).
  • 😷 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 4 times 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 other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Hedberg et al. 2012, the etymology is erroneously cited as L. neut. adj. orale belonging to the mouth, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the oral cavity. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Lachnoanaerobaculum Hedberg et al. 2012

Assigned by: Hedberg ME, Moore ER, Svensson-Stadler L, Horstedt P, Baranov V, Hernell O, Wai SN, Hammarstrom S, Hammarstrom ML. Lachnoanaerobaculum gen. nov., a new genus in the Lachnospiraceae: characterization of Lachnoanaerobaculum umeaense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human small intestine, and Lachnoanaerobaculum orale sp. nov., isolated from saliva, and reclassification of Eubacterium saburreum (Prevot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 as Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2685-2690. 🇸🇪

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