Genus Atopobium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Atopobium minutum (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993.
Etymology: Gr. adj. atopos, having no place, strange; Gr. neut. part. used as noun bion, living thing; N.L. neut. n. Atopobium, strange living thing.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 44. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 188-189.
Effective publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and WALLBANKS (S.): Comparative sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae and Streptococcus parvulus: proposal for the creation of a new genus Atopobium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1992, 95, 235-240.
Validation List no. 44 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993 emend. Cools et al. 2014.
Reference: COOLS, P., OYAERT, M., VANEECHOUTTE, M., DE LAERE, E. and VERVAEKE, S. 2014. Atopobium deltae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier’s gangrene. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3140-3145.
Original article.
Atopobium deltae Cools et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HHRM1715=LMG 27987=CCUG 65171.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF537630.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. deltae, of Delta, referring to the Delta Hospital in Roeselare, Belgium, the hospital where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: COOLS, P., OYAERT, M., VANEECHOUTTE, M., DE LAERE, E. and VERVAEKE, S. 2014. Atopobium deltae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier’s gangrene. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3140-3145.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Atopobium fossor (Bailey and Love 1986) Kageyama et al. 1999, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 43386= CIP 106638 = JCM 9981 = NCTC 11919 = VPB 2127.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L34620.
Basonym: ¤ Eubacterium fossor Bailey and Love 1986.
Etymology: L. n. fossor, a digger, delver.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326.
Effective publication: KAGEYAMA (A.), BENNO (Y.) and NAKASE (T.): Phylogenic and phenotypic evidence for the transfer of Eubacterium fossor to the genus Atopobium as Atopobium fossor comb. nov. Microbiol. Immunol., 1999, 43, 389-395.
Validation List no. 71 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Atopobium minutum (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33267= CCUG 31167 = DSM 20586 = JCM 1118 = LMG 9439 = NCIMB 702751 (formerly NCFB 2751) = VPI 9428.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X67148.
Basonym: ¤ Lactobacillus minutus (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Olsen et al. 1991.
Other synonyms: "Bacteroides minutum" (sic) Hauduroy et al. 1937, "Eubacterium minutum" (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prévot 1938.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. minutum, little, small.
Reference: Validation List no. 44. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 188-189.
Effective publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and WALLBANKS (S.): Comparative sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae and Streptococcus parvulus: proposal for the creation of a new genus Atopobium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1992, 95, 235-240.
Validation List no. 44 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In Validation List no. 44, the basonym of Atopobium minutum is erroneously cited as Lactobacillus minutum (sic).
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Atopobium parvulum (Weinberg et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IPP 1246 = ATCC 33793= CCUG 32760 = CIP 102970 = DSM 20469 = JCM 10300 = VPI 0546.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF292372, CP001721 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Peptostreptococcus parvulus (Weinberg et al. 1937) Smith 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: ¤ Streptococcus parvulus (Weinberg et al. 1937) Cato 1983, "Streptococcus parvulus" Weinberg et al. 1937, not "Streptococcus parvulus" Levinthal 1928.
Etymology: L. neut. dim. adj. parvulum, very small.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 44. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 188-189.
Effective publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and WALLBANKS (S.): Comparative sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae and Streptococcus parvulus: proposal for the creation of a new genus Atopobium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1992, 95, 235-240.
Validation List no. 44 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Atopobium rimae (Olsen et al. 1991) Collins and Wallbanks 1993, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 49626= CCUG 31168 = DSM 7090 = IFO (now NBRC) 15546 = JCM 10299 = LMG 11476 = VPI D140H-11A.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF292371.
Basonym: ¤ Lactobacillus rimae Olsen et al. 1991.
Etymology: L. gen. n. rimae, of a fissure, here pertaining to the gingival crevice.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 44. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 188-189.
Effective publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and WALLBANKS (S.): Comparative sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae and Streptococcus parvulus: proposal for the creation of a new genus Atopobium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1992, 95, 235-240.
Validation List no. 44 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Atopobium vaginae Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC BAA-55 = CCUG 38953 = CIP 106431.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y17195.
Reference: RODRIGUEZ JOVITA (M.), COLLINS (M.D.), SJÖDÉN (B.) and FALSEN (E.): Characterization of a novel Atopobium isolate from the human vagina: description of Atopobium vaginae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1573-1576.
Original article in IJSEM Online