Name: Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ak.ker.man’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Akkermansia, derived from Antoon Akkermans, a Dutch microbiologist recognized for his contribution to microbial ecology

Gender: feminine (stem: Akkermansi-)

Type species: Akkermansia muciniphila Derrien et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Derrien M, Vaughan EE, Plugge CM, de Vos WM. Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1469-1476.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012. Publication: Hedlund BP, Derrien M. Family II. Akkermansiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 809.
  • 🧕 Yoon et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the family Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Akermansia"; "Akkermanisa"; "Akkermanisia"; "Akkermensia"; "Alkermansia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; CIP: 2; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1; CECT: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Akkermansia biwaensis Kobayashi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Akkermansia glycaniphila Ouwerkerk et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Akkermansia intestinavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Akkermansia intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Akkermansia massiliensis" Ndongo et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Akkermansia muciniphila Derrien et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Akkermansia timonensis" Ndongo et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012

Assigned by: Hedlund BP, Derrien M. Family II. Akkermansiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 809.

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