Genus Atopobium
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
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Emendations:
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Cools et al. 2014
Cools P, Oyaert M, Vaneechoutte M, De Laere E, Vervaeke S. Atopobium deltae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier's gangrene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3140-3145.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.
Notes:- Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Cools et al. 2014
Cools P, Oyaert M, Vaneechoutte M, De Laere E, Vervaeke S. Atopobium deltae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier's gangrene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3140-3145.
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Notes:
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Nomenclatural type of the family Atopobiaceae Gupta et al. 2013.
Publication:
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.
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hauduroy P, Ehringer G, Urbain G, Guillot G, Magrou J. Dictionnaire des bactéries pathogènes. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1937.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. Lactobacillus. In: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC (eds), Anaerobe Laboratory Manual, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1972, p. 61-66.
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Nomenclatural type of the family Atopobiaceae Gupta et al. 2013.
Publication:
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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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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