Name: Adlercreutzia equolifaciens subsp. equolifaciens (Maruo et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Adlercreutzia equolifaciens Maruo et al. 2008

Etymology: e.quo.li.fa’ci.ens. L. pres. part. faciens, Making; N.L. fem. part. adj. equolifaciens, equol-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-dler-KRE͡UT-zi-a e-kwo-li-FA-ki-ens e-kwo-li-FA-ki-ens, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 54925; DSM 19450; FJC-B9; JCM 14793

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Stoll et al. 2021 Stoll DA, Danylec N, Soukup ST, Hetzer B, Kulling SE, Huch M. Adlercreutzia rubneri sp. nov., a resveratrol-metabolizing bacterium isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Adlercreutzia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4987. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5130.

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Adlercreutzia equolifaciens subsp. celata corrig. (Minamida et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018 according to rule 40d. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Adlercreutzia equolifaciens Maruo et al. 2008

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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