Name: Eggerthella Kageyama et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Eg.ger.thel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Eggerthella, named after A. H. Eggerth, a microbiologist who was the first person to isolate this strain

Gender: feminine (stem: Eggerthell-)

Type species: Eggerthella lenta (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kageyama A, Benno Y, Nakase T. Phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of Eubacterium lentum to the genus Eggerthella as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1725-1732.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Eggerthellaceae 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.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Eggerthellales 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Eaaerthella"; "Eggeithella"; "Eggerghella"; "Eggertella"; "Eggerthela"; "Eggerthellla"; "Eggertlzellu".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 6; JCM: 5; DSM: 4; ATCC: 2; CIP: 2; NCTC: 2; LMG: 2; CGMCC: 2; KCTC: 1.
  • Later homonym of Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999, which has priority over Eggerthella Kageyama et al. 1999. Publication: Wade WG, Downes J, Dymock D, Hiom SJ, Weightman AJ, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Tzellas N, Coleman B. The family Coriobacteriaceae: reclassification of Eubacterium exiguum (Poco et al. 1996) and Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens (Lanigan 1976) as Slackia exigua gen. nov., comb. nov. and Slackia heliotrinireducens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Eubacterium lentum (Prevot 1938) as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:595-600.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Eggerthella guodeyinii Ge et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Eggerthella hominis" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Eggerthella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Eggerthella lenta (Eggerth 1935) Wade et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Eggerthella lenta (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Eggerthella sinensis Lau et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Eggerthella timonensis Bilen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Eggerthellaceae 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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