Name: Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993
Etymology: Gr. adj. atopos, having no place, strange; Gr. neut. n. bion, living thing; N.L. neut. n. Atopobium, strange living thing
Type species: Atopobium minutum (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Collins MD, Wallbanks S. Comparative sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae and Streptococcus parvulus: proposal for the creation of a new genus Atopobium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1992; 95:235-240.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 44. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:188-189.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Atopobium deltae Cools et al. 2014 | validly published | correct name |
"Atopobium detroiti" Salimnia et al. 2008 | not validly published | |
Atopobium fossor (Bailey and Love 1986) Kageyama et al. 1999 | validly published | correct name |
"Atopobium massiliense" Bordigoni et al. 2020 | not validly published | |
Atopobium minutum (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993 | validly published | correct name |
Atopobium parvulum (Weinberg et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993 | validly published | synonym |
Atopobium rimae (Olsen et al. 1991) Collins and Wallbanks 1993 | validly published | synonym |
Atopobium vaginae Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999 | validly published | synonym |
Parent taxon: Atopobiaceae Gupta et al. 2013
Assigned by:
Gupta RS, Chen WJ, Adeolu M, Chai Y. Molecular signatures for the class Coriobacteriia and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Coriobacteriia into the emended order Coriobacteriales, containing the emended family Coriobacteriaceae and Atopobiaceae fam. nov., and Eggerthellales ord. nov., containing the family Eggerthellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3379-3397.
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