Name: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. eu-, good, well, beneficial (not as opposed to pseudês); L. neut. n. bacterium, rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Eubacterium, beneficial bacterium

Type species: Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Cato et al. 1981 Cato EP, Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Designation of Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth) Prévot as the type species of Eubacterium. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:209-210.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Eubacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Eubacteriaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 865.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Buchanan RE. Studies on the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: III. The Families of the Eubacteriales. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:347-350.
  • Nomenclatural type of the suborder Eubacteriineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS, Murray EG, Hitchens AP. THE OUTLINE CLASSIFICATION USED IN THE BERGEY MANUAL OF DETERMINATIVE BACTERIOLOGY. Bacteriol Rev 1944; 8:255-260.
  • Nomenclatural type of the tribe Eubacterieae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Traite de systematique bacterienne. Volume 2. Dunod, Paris, 1961.
  • 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 (1940) assigned this genus to the family "Bacteriaceae". Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de classification et de determination des bacteries anaerobies. 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • "Eubacterium foedans" (Klein 1908) Prévot 1938 is not included on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and is not a valid species.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 28
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 54
Total number of child taxa: 57

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Eubacterium acidaminophilum Zindel et al. 1989	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium aerofaciens (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium aggregans Mechichi et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium alactolyticum (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium angustum Beuscher and Andreesen 1985	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium barkeri (Stadtman et al. 1972) Collins et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium brachy Holdeman et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium budayi (Le Blaye and Guggenheim 1914) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium callanderi Mountfort et al. 1988	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium cellulosolvens (Bryant et al. 1958) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium combesii (Prévot and Laplanche 1947) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium contortum (Prévot 1947) Holdeman et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium coprostanoligenes Freier et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium cylindroides (Rocchi 1908) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium desmolans Morris et al. 1986	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium dolichum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium eligens Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium exiguum Poco et al. 1996	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium fissicatena Taylor 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium formicigenerans Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium fossor Bailey and Love 1986	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium hadrum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium hallii Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium infirmum Cheeseman et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium lentum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium maltosivorans Feng et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium minutum Poco et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium moniliforme (Repaci 1910) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium multiforme (Distaso 1911) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium nitritogenes Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium nodatum Holdeman et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium oxidoreducans (sic) Krumholz and Bryant 1986	misspelling	synonym
    Eubacterium oxidoreducens corrig. Krumholz and Bryant 1986	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium plautii (Séguin 1928) Hofstad and Aasjord 1982	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium plexicaudatum Wilkins et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium pyruvativorans Wallace et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium ramulus Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium ruminantium Bryant 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium saburreum (Prévot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium saphenum corrig. Uematsu et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium saphenus (sic) Uematsu et al. 1993	misspelling	synonym
    Eubacterium siraeum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium suis (ex Soltys and Spratling 1957) Wegienek and Reddy 1982	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium sulci (Cato et al. 1985) Jalava and Eerola 1999	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium tarantellae corrig. Udey et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium tarantellus (sic) Udey et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	misspelling	synonym
    Eubacterium tardum Cheeseman et al. 1996	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium tenue (Bergey et al. 1923) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium timidum Holdeman et al. 1980	validly published	synonym
    Eubacterium tortuosum (Debono 1912) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium uniforme van Gylswyk and van der Toorn 1985	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium ventriosum (Tissier 1908) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium xylanophilum van Gylswyk and van der Toorn 1985	validly published	correct name
    Eubacterium yurii Margaret and Krywolap 1986	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Eubacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Eubacteriaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 865.

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