Genus Paraeggerthella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Paraeggerthella Würdemann et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (Lau et al. 2006) Würdemann et al. 2009.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. fem. n. Eggerthella, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Paraeggerthella, beside Eggerthella, named in recognition of the close relationship to the genus Eggerthella.
Valid publication: WÜRDEMANN (D.), TINDALL (B.J.), PUKALL (R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), STRÖMPL (C.), NAMUTH (T.), NAHRSTEDT (H.), WOS-OXLEY (M.), OTT (S.), SCHREIBER (S.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and OXLEY (A.P.A.): Gordonibacter pamelaeae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Coriobacteriaceae isolated from a patient with Crohn’s disease, and reclassification of Eggerthella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2006 as Paraeggerthella hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1405-1415.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (Lau et al. 2006) Würdemann et al. 2009, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HKU10 = CCUG 49250 = DSM 16106 = JCM 14552 = LMG 22124.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY288517.
Basonym: ¤ Eggerthella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong Kong, the city where the bacterium was discovered.
Valid publication: WÜRDEMANN (D.), TINDALL (B.J.), PUKALL (R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), STRÖMPL (C.), NAMUTH (T.), NAHRSTEDT (H.), WOS-OXLEY (M.), OTT (S.), SCHREIBER (S.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and OXLEY (A.P.A.): Gordonibacter pamelaeae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Coriobacteriaceae isolated from a patient with Crohn’s disease, and reclassification of Eggerthella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2006 as Paraeggerthella hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1405-1415.
Original article in IJSEM Online