Name: Roseburia intestinalis Duncan et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.tes.ti.na’lis. N.L. fem. adj. intestinalis, of the intestine, the presumed habitat of the isolates

Pronunciation, gender: in-tes-ti-NA-lis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 14610; L1-82; NCIMB 13810

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ312385 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Duncan SH, Hold GL, Barcenilla A, Stewart CS, Flint HJ. Roseburia intestinalis sp. nov., a novel saccharolytic, butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1615-1620.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Duncan et al. 2006 Duncan SH, Aminov RI, Scott KP, Louis P, Stanton TB, Flint HJ. Proposal of Roseburia faecis sp. nov., Roseburia hominis sp. nov. and Roseburia inulinivorans sp. nov., based on isolates from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2437-2441. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 153 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "L. gen. n." as cited in the paper by Duncan et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Roseburia Stanton and Savage 1983

Assigned by: Duncan SH, Hold GL, Barcenilla A, Stewart CS, Flint HJ. Roseburia intestinalis sp. nov., a novel saccharolytic, butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1615-1620.

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