Species Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum

Name: Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum (Prévot 1966) Hedberg et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Catenabacterium saburreum" Prévot 1966

Etymology: sa.bur’re.um. L. fem. n. saburra, sand; L. neut. adj. suff. -eum, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. saburreum, sandy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33271; CCUG 28089; CIP 105341; DSM 3986; JCM 11021; VPI 11763

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB525414 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hedberg ME, Moore ER, Svensson-Stadler L, Horstedt P, Baranov V, Hernell O, Wai SN, Hammarstrom S, Hammarstrom ML. Lachnoanaerobaculum gen. nov., a new genus in the Lachnospiraceae: characterization of Lachnoanaerobaculum umeaense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human small intestine, and Lachnoanaerobaculum orale sp. nov., isolated from saliva, and reclassification of Eubacterium saburreum (Prevot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 as Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2685-2690. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Catenabacterium saburreum" Prévot 1966	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Eubacterium saburreum (Prévot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21150 (N = 85).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 7 times 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.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Lachnoanaerobaculum Hedberg et al. 2012

Assigned by: Hedberg ME, Moore ER, Svensson-Stadler L, Horstedt P, Baranov V, Hernell O, Wai SN, Hammarstrom S, Hammarstrom ML. Lachnoanaerobaculum gen. nov., a new genus in the Lachnospiraceae: characterization of Lachnoanaerobaculum umeaense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human small intestine, and Lachnoanaerobaculum orale sp. nov., isolated from saliva, and reclassification of Eubacterium saburreum (Prevot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 as Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2685-2690. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 790294