Genus Eggerthella

Name: Eggerthella Kageyama et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: genus, 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, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Eggerthell-), eg-ger-T^HEL-la

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eaaerthella"; "Egerthella"; "Eggeithella"; "Eggerghella"; "Eggertella"; "Eggerthela"; "Eggerthellla"; "Eggertlzellu"; "Egyerthella"; "Eiggerthella"; "Epgerthella"; "Esgerthella"; "Eygerthella"; "Fggerthella"; "Joggerthella"; "Kggerthella"; "Kygerthella"; "Tggerthella"; "Zggerthella".
  • 📧 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: 2; CGMCC: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; CIP: 1; JCM: 1; NCTC: 1; NCAIM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Eggerthella convexa" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Beerens et al. 1963	not validly published	preferred name
    "Eggerthella hominis" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Eggerthella lenta (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Eggerthellaceae Gupta et al. 2013

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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