Name: Luteibacter anthropi Kämpfer et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.thro’pi. Gr. masc. n. anthrôpos, a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. anthropi, of a human being, since the type strain was recovered from a human clinical specimen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … an-T^HRO-pi, masculine

Type strain: CCM 7598; CCUG 25036; DSM 23190

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760153 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Lodders N, Falsen E. Luteibacter anthropi sp. nov., isolated from human blood, and reclassification of Dyella yeojuensis Kim et al. 2006 as Luteibacter yeojuensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2884-2887. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 5 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 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. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Luteibacter Johansen et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Lodders N, Falsen E. Luteibacter anthropi sp. nov., isolated from human blood, and reclassification of Dyella yeojuensis Kim et al. 2006 as Luteibacter yeojuensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2884-2887. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 788189