Name: "Absiella tortuosum" (Debono 1912) Paek et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus tortuosus" Debono 1912

Etymology: tor.tu.o.sum. L. neut. adj. tortuosum, full of windings, tortuous

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25548; DSM 3987

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16S rRNA gene: L34683 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Paek J, Shin Y, Kim JS, Kim H, Kook JK, Paek WK, Chang YH. Description of Absiella argi gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Eubacterium dolichum and Eubacterium tortuosum to the genus Absiella as Absiella dolichum comb. nov. and Absiella tortuosum comb. nov. Anaerobe 2017; 48:70-75.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Eubacterium tortuosum (Debono 1912) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium tortuosum (Debono 1912) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillus tortuosus" Debono 1912	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Parent taxon: Absiella Paek et al. 2020

Assigned by: Paek J, Shin Y, Kim JS, Kim H, Kook JK, Paek WK, Chang YH. Description of Absiella argi gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Eubacterium dolichum and Eubacterium tortuosum to the genus Absiella as Absiella dolichum comb. nov. and Absiella tortuosum comb. nov. Anaerobe 2017; 48:70-75.

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Record number: 1500