Name: Waltera hominis Hitch et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, pertaining to the human gut habitat, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: HO-mi-nis, feminine

Type strain: CLA AA-H183; DSM 114684; LMG 33586

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Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Masson JM, Pauvert C, Bosch J, Nuchtern S, Treichel NS, Baloh M, Razavi S, Afrizal A, Kousetzi N, et al. HiBC: a publicly available collection of bacterial strains isolated from the human gut. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4203.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26275 (N = 53).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Waltera Wylensek et al. 2021

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Masson JM, Pauvert C, Bosch J, Nuchtern S, Treichel NS, Baloh M, Razavi S, Afrizal A, Kousetzi N, et al. HiBC: a publicly available collection of bacterial strains isolated from the human gut. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4203.

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Record number: 65281