Genus Agathobacter
Name: Agathobacter Rosero et al. 2016
Etymology: A.ga.tho.bac’ter Gr. adj. agathos, good; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Agathobacter, beneficial bacterium
Type species: Agathobacter rectalis (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Rosero et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Agathobacter rectalis (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Rosero et al. 2016 validly published correct name Agathobacter ruminis Rosero et al. 2016 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773.
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