Genus Tissierella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Tissierella Collins and Shah 1986, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tissierella praeacuta (Tissier 1908) Collins and Shah 1986.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Tissierella, named after P.H. Tissier, who first described the organism.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Bacteroides praeacutus Tissier (Holdeman and Moore) in a new genus, Tissierella, as Tissierella praeacuta comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 461-463.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Tissierella Collins and Shah 1986 emend. Farrow et al. 1995.
Reference: FARROW (J.A.E.), LAWSON (P.A.), HIPPE (H.), GAUGLITZ (U.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phylogenetic evidence that the gram-negative nonsporulating bacterium Tissierella (Bacteroides) praeacuta is a member of the Clostridium subphylum of the gram-positive bacteria and description of Tissierella creatinini sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 436-440.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Tissierella Collins and Shah 1986 emend. Bae et al. 2004.
Reference: BAE (J.W.), PARK (J.R.), CHANG (Y.H.), RHEE (S.K.), KIM (B.C.) and PARK (Y.H.): Clostridium hastiforme is a later synonym of Tissierella praeacuta. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 947-949.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tissierella carlieri Alauzet et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LBN 295=CCUG 60010=DSM 23816.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ461821.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. carlieri, of Carlier, named in honor of Jean-Philippe Carlier, a French microbiologist at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, known for his research contributions to the taxonomy of the anaerobic bacteria.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 3603-3606.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: ALAUZET, C., MARCHANDIN, H., COURTIN, P., MORY, F., LEMEE, L., PONS, J. L., CHAPOT-CHARTIER, M. P., LOZNIEWSKI, A. and JUMAS-BILAK, E. 2014. Multilocus analysis reveals diversity in the genus Tissierella: description of Tissierella carlieri sp. nov. in the new class Tissierellia classis nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 37, 23-34.
Effective publication Online
Tissierella creatinini Farrow et al. 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BN11 = CIP 104584 = DSM 9508.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR749955 (type strain DSM 9508, clone 1), FR749956 (type strain DSM 9508, clone 2).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. creatinini, of creatinine.
Valid publication: FARROW (J.A.E.), LAWSON (P.A.), HIPPE (H.), GAUGLITZ (U.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phylogenetic evidence that the gram-negative nonsporulating bacterium Tissierella (Bacteroides) praeacuta is a member of the Clostridium subphylum of the gram-positive bacteria and description of Tissierella creatinini sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 436-440.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tissierella creatinophila Harms et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KRE 4 = DSM 6911.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X80227.
Etymology: N.L. n. creatinum, creatine; Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. creatinophila, creatine-loving.
Valid publication: HARMS (C.), SCHLEICHER (A.), COLLINS (M.D.) and ANDREESEN (J.R.): Tissierella creatinophila sp. nov., a Gram-positive, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, creatinine-fermenting organism. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 983-993.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tissierella praeacuta (Tissier 1908) Collins and Shah 1986, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 25539= CCUG 27825 = LMG 8203 = NCIMB 703038 = NCTC 11158.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X80832.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides praeacutus (Tissier 1908) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Coccobacillus praeacutus" Tissier 1908, "Zuberella praeacuta" (Tissier 1908) Prévot 1938, "Fusobacterium praeacutum" (Tissier 1908) Hoffman 1957.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. praecuta, sharpened to a point, sharpened.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Bacteroides praeacutus Tissier (Holdeman and Moore) in a new genus, Tissierella, as Tissierella praeacuta comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 461-463.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Bae et al. 2004, Tissierella praeacuta (Tissier 1908) Collins and Shah 1986 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Clostridium hastiforme MacLennan 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Reference: BAE (J.W.), PARK (J.R.), CHANG (Y.H.), RHEE (S.K.), KIM (B.C.) and PARK (Y.H.): Clostridium hastiforme is a later synonym of Tissierella praeacuta. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 947-949.
Original article in IJSEM Online