Name: Peptoniphilus rhinitidis Jung et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.ni’ti.dis. Gr. fem. n. rhis (gen. rhinos), nose; N.L. fem. n. suff. -itis, suffix used in names of inflammations; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhinitidis, of a rhinitis, the type strain of the species isolated from a patient with rhinitis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … r^hi-NI-ti-dis, masculine

Type strain: 1-13; 1e13; JCM 17448; KCTC 5985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM801866 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jung MY, Cho JH, Shin Y, Paek J, Park IS, Kim JS, Kim W, Ma JY, Park SJ, Chang YH. Peptoniphilus rhinitidis sp. nov., isolated from specimens of chronic rhinosinusitis. Anaerobe 2014; 30:30-34. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Peptoniphilus lacydonensis Beye et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peptoniphilus lacydonensis Beye et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Aujoulat et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Peptoniphilus lacydonensis Beye et al. 2018. Publication: Aujoulat F, Mazuet C, Criscuolo A, Popoff MR, Enault C, Diancourt L, Jumas-Bilak E, Lavigne JP, Marchandin H. Peptoniphilus nemausensis sp. nov. A new Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from human clinical samples, an emendated description of the genus Peptoniphilus and an evaluation of the taxonomic status of Peptoniphilus species with not validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126235. 🇫🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
  • ❗ Peptoniphilus rhinitidis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Peptoniphilus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Peptoniphilus Ezaki et al. 2001

Assigned by: Jung MY, Cho JH, Shin Y, Paek J, Park IS, Kim JS, Kim W, Ma JY, Park SJ, Chang YH. Peptoniphilus rhinitidis sp. nov., isolated from specimens of chronic rhinosinusitis. Anaerobe 2014; 30:30-34. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 20274