Genus Abiotrophia
Name: Abiotrophia Kawamura et al. 1995
Etymology: Gr. pref. a-, negative (un-); Gr. masc. n. bios, life; Gr. fem. n. trophê, nutrition; N.L. fem. n. Abiotrophia, life-nutrition-deficiency
Type species: Abiotrophia defectiva (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Kawamura Y, Hou XG, Sultana F, Liu S, Yamamoto H, Ezaki T. Transfer of Streptococcus adjacens and Streptococcus defectivus to Abiotrophia gen. nov. as Abiotrophia adiacens comb. nov. and Abiotrophia defectiva comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:798-803. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Bouvet A, Grimont F, Grimont PAD. Streptococcus defectivus sp. nov. and Streptococcus adjacens sp. nov., nutritionally variant streptococci from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:290-294.
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00020 (N = 4).
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Bouvet A, Grimont F, Grimont PAD. Streptococcus defectivus sp. nov. and Streptococcus adjacens sp. nov., nutritionally variant streptococci from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:290-294.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Abiotrophia adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995 validly published under the ICNP synonym Abiotrophia balaenopterae Lawson et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP synonym Abiotrophia defectiva (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995 validly published under the ICNP correct name Abiotrophia elegans Roggenkamp et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010
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Record number: 514986