Genus Cardiobacterium
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Cardiobacterium Slotnick and Dougherty 1964, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Cardiobacteriales Garrity et al. 2005; type genus of the family ¤ Cardiobacteriaceae Dewhirst et al. 1990).
Type species: ¤ Cardiobacterium hominis Slotnick and Dougherty 1964 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. kardia, heart; L. neut. n. bacterium, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Cardiobacterium, bacterium of the heart.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: SLOTNICK (I.J.) and DOUGHERTY (M.): Further characterization of an unclassified group of bacteria causing endocarditis in man: Cardiobacterium hominis gen. et sp. n. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1964, 30, 261-272.
Cardiobacterium hominis Slotnick and Dougherty 1964, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15826= CCUG 2711 = CIP 70.70 = DSM 8339 = LMG 3916 = NCTC 10426.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M35014.
Etymology: L. gen. n. hominis, of a human being, of a man.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: SLOTNICK (I.J.) and DOUGHERTY (M.): Further characterization of an unclassified group of bacteria causing endocarditis in man: Cardiobacterium hominis gen. et sp. n. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1964, 30, 261-272.
Cardiobacterium valvarum Han et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MDA3079 = ATCC BAA-694 = CCUG 48245 = NCTC 13294.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF506987.
Etymology: L. fem. n. valva, a folding-door, referring to the heart valve; L. gen. pl. n. valvarum, of heart valves.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 99. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1425-1426.
Effective publication: HAN (X.Y.), MELTZER (M.C.), WOODS (J.T.) and FAINSTEIN (V.): Endocarditis with ruptured cerebral aneurysm caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum sp. nov. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2004, 42, 1590-1595.
Validation List no. 99 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Cardiobacterium valvarum Han et al. 2004 emend. Han and Falsen 2005.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MDA3079 = ATCC BAA-694 = CCUG 48245 = NCTC 13294.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF506987.
Etymology: L. fem. n. valva, a folding-door, referring to the heart valve; L. gen. pl. n. valvarum, of heart valves.
References: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 3. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 11. [HAN (X.Y.) and FALSEN (E.): Characterization of oral strains of Cardiobacterium valvarum and emended description of the organism. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2005, 43, 2370-2374.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 3 in IJSEM Online - Original article on line