Name: "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.te.na.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Catenabacterium, [probably better: Catenibacterium]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Catenabacteri-), ka-te-na-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Catenabacterium catenaforme" (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Eggerthia Salvetti et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eggerthia Salvetti et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Lactobacilleae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1938) assigned this genus to the family "Bacteriaceae". Publication: Prevot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-230.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Eggerthia Salvetti et al. 2011. Publication: Salvetti E, Felis GE, Dellaglio F, Castioni A, Torriani S, Lawson PA. Reclassification of Lactobacillus catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 and Lactobacillus vitulinus Sharpe et al. 1973 as Eggerthia catenaformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Kandleria vitulina gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2520-2524. 🇮🇹
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Calenabacterium"; "Catenabaclerium"; "Catenabacterlum"; "Catenabzwterium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; ATCC: 3; DSM: 3; CCUG: 3; CIP: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CABT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Catenabacterium catenaforme" (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938	not validly published	synonym
    "Catenabacterium contortum" Prévot 1947	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Catenabacterium ruminantium" Stellmach-Helwig 1961	not validly published	synonym
    "Catenabacterium saburreum" Prévot 1966	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym

Parent taxon: Coprobacillaceae Verbarg et al. 2020

Assigned by: Verbarg S, Göker M, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The families Erysipelotrichaceae emend., Coprobacillaceae fam. nov., and Turicibacteraceae fam. nov. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes –Firmicutes and Tenericutes., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 79-105. 🇩🇪

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