Name: Oribacterium sinus Carlier et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si’nus. L. masc. n. sinus, of the sinus, referring to the anatomical site from where the type strain was isolated, sinus (nominative in apposition) would also be possible (also as genitive)

Pronunciation, gender: SI-nus, neuter

Type strain: AIP 354.02; CCUG 48084; CIP 107991; DSM 17245

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY323228 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Bonne I, Lozniewski A, Mory F. Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family 'Lachnospiraceae' (phylum Firmicutes). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1611-1615.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oribacterium Carlier et al. 2004. Publication: Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Bonne I, Lozniewski A, Mory F. Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family 'Lachnospiraceae' (phylum Firmicutes). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1611-1615.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 4 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: Oribacterium Carlier et al. 2004

Assigned by: Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Bonne I, Lozniewski A, Mory F. Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family 'Lachnospiraceae' (phylum Firmicutes). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1611-1615.

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