Name: Aedoeadaptatus coxii (Citron et al. 2013) Malhotra et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Peptoniphilus coxii Citron et al. 2013

Etymology: co’xi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. coxii, of Cox, named after Mike Cox, a contemporary American microbiologist, to honor him for his contribu tions to anaerobic microbiology

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a͡e-do-e-ad-ap-TA-tus KO-xi-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2106; CCUG 59622; JCM 16892; RMA 16757

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU938836 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Malhotra M, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on clarifying the evolutionary relationships among Peptoniphilus species. Identification of several Genus-Level clades of Peptoniphilus species and transfer of some Peptoniphilus species to the genus Aedoeadaptatus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126499. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 218. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6398.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Peptoniphilus coxii Citron et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peptoniphilus coxii Citron et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aedoeadaptatus coxii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aedoeadaptatus.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Peptoniphilus coxii Citron et al. 2013, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Aedoeadaptatus Hitch et al. 2022

Assigned by: Malhotra M, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on clarifying the evolutionary relationships among Peptoniphilus species. Identification of several Genus-Level clades of Peptoniphilus species and transfer of some Peptoniphilus species to the genus Aedoeadaptatus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126499. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 45027