Etymology:
Eu.bac.te.ri.um. Gr. adv.eû, good, well, beneficial (not as opposed to pseudês); N.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
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 under the ICNP
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.
Barker and Haas (1944) assigned this genus to the family "Lactobacteriaceae" Orla-Jensen 1921.Publication:
Barker HA, Haas V. Butyribacterium, a New Genus of Gram-positive, Non-sporulating Anaerobic Bacteria of Intestinal Origin. J Bacteriol 1944; 47:301-305.
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.
Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the family "Bacteriaceae".Publication:
Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Butyribacterium" Barker and Haas 1944.Publication:
Moore WEC, Cato EP. Synonymy of Eubacterium limosum and Butyribacterium rettgeri: Butyribacterium limosum comb. nov. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1965; 15:69-80.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Eggerth AH. The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1935; 30:277-299.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Babacterium"; "Eatiacterium"; "Eiibacterium"; "Enbacterium"; "Ettbacterium"; "Euabacterium"; "Eubaccerium"; "Eubacerium"; "Eubacferium"; "Eubaclerium"; "Eubacmrium"; "Eubacrerium"; "Eubactarium"; "Eubactcrium"; "Eubactenum"; "Eubacterlum"; "Eubacterum"; "Eubactetium"; "Eubactorium"; "Eubaczcrium"; "Eubaczerium"; "Eubaderium"; "Eubarterium"; "Eubdcterium"; "Eubuclerium"; "Eubucterium"; "Euhacterium"; "Fubacterium".
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 55; DSM: 47; JCM: 28; CCUG: 15; CIP: 13; NCTC: 4; NCIMB: 3; KCTC: 2; VKM: 1; CGMCC: 1.
Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "EUBT" 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.
"Eubacterium foedans" (Klein 1908) Prévot 1938 is not included on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and is not a valid species.Publication:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 27 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 55 Total number of child taxa: 67
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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