Name: Oribacterium sinus Carlier et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sin’us. 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)

Gender: 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

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 = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 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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