Name: Anaeroglobus Carlier et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: An.ae.ro’glo.bus. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.Gr. masc. n. anaêr, not (living) in air (may keep -o); L. masc. n. globus, sphere; N.L. masc. n. Anaeroglobus, a sphere not living in air

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Anaeroglob-), an-a͡e-RO-glo-bus

Type species: Anaeroglobus geminatus Carlier et al. 2002

Valid publication: Carlier JP, Marchandin H, Jumas-Bilak E, Lorin V, Henry C, Carriere C, Jean-Pierre H. Anaeroglobus geminatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:983-986. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Caecibacter" Ricaboni et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Colibacter" Mailhe et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Megasphaeraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Marchandin et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010. Publication: Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279. 🇫🇷
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aaneroglobus".
  • ❗ Anaeroglobus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; DSM: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anaeroglobus geminatus Carlier et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Carlier JP, Marchandin H, Jumas-Bilak E, Lorin V, Henry C, Carriere C, Jean-Pierre H. Anaeroglobus geminatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:983-986. 🇫🇷

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