Species Varibaculum anthropi

Name: Varibaculum anthropi Glaeser et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: an.thro’pi. Gr. masc. n. anthrôpos, a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. anthropi, of a human being, since the type strain is from human clinical specimens

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wa-ri-BA-ku-lum an-T^HRO-pi, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 31793; JCM 19104; NCTC 14292

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JQ780830 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Glaeser SP, Doijad S, Hijazin M, Chakraborty T, Falsen E, Hall V, Kampfer P. Varibaculum anthropi sp. nov. represented by three genetically different genomovars isolated from clinical material and emended description of the genus Varibaculum. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:546-552. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Doijad S, Hijazin M, Chakraborty T, Falsen E, Hall V, Kampfer P. Varibaculum anthropi sp. nov. represented by three genetically different genomovars isolated from clinical material and emended description of the genus Varibaculum. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:546-552. 🇩🇪

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