Name: Varibaculum anthropi Glaeser et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.thro’pi. N.L. gen. masc. n. anthropi, of a human being

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 31793; JCM 19104; NCTC 14292

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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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

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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Record number: 795016