Name: Abiotrophia Kawamura et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. a-, negative (un-); Gr. masc. n. bios, life; Gr. n. trophe, 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Abiotrophia adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995	validly published	synonym
    Abiotrophia balaenopterae Lawson et al. 1999	validly published	synonym
    Abiotrophia defectiva (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995	validly published	correct name
    Abiotrophia elegans Roggenkamp et al. 1999	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

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