Name: Rarimicrobium hominis Jumas-Bilak et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a man, of a human being, named because the type and only species is of human origin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HO-mi-nis, neuter

Type strain: ADV 70; CCUG 65426; LMG 28163

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF468685 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Bouvet P, Allen-Vercoe E, Aujoulat F, Lawson PA, Jean-Pierre H, Marchandin H. Rarimicrobium hominis gen. nov., sp. nov., representing the fifth genus in the phylum Synergistetes that includes human clinical isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3965-3970. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rarimicrobium Jumas-Bilak et al. 2015. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Bouvet P, Allen-Vercoe E, Aujoulat F, Lawson PA, Jean-Pierre H, Marchandin H. Rarimicrobium hominis gen. nov., sp. nov., representing the fifth genus in the phylum Synergistetes that includes human clinical isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3965-3970. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 1 time 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 risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Rarimicrobium Jumas-Bilak et al. 2015

Assigned by: Jumas-Bilak E, Bouvet P, Allen-Vercoe E, Aujoulat F, Lawson PA, Jean-Pierre H, Marchandin H. Rarimicrobium hominis gen. nov., sp. nov., representing the fifth genus in the phylum Synergistetes that includes human clinical isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3965-3970. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 793506