Name: Romboutsia hominis Gerritsen et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a man, the host from which the species was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: HO-mi-nis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 28814; FRIFI; KCTC 15553

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT372679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gerritsen J, Umanets A, Staneva I, Hornung B, Ritari J, Paulin L, Rijkers GT, de Vos WM, Smidt H. Romboutsia hominis sp. nov., the first human gut-derived representative of the genus Romboutsia, isolated from ileostoma effluent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3479-3486. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:297-298.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00630 (N = 7).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Romboutsia Gerritsen et al. 2014

Assigned by: Gerritsen J, Umanets A, Staneva I, Hornung B, Ritari J, Paulin L, Rijkers GT, de Vos WM, Smidt H. Romboutsia hominis sp. nov., the first human gut-derived representative of the genus Romboutsia, isolated from ileostoma effluent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3479-3486. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 796402