Name: Agathobacter rectalis (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Rosero et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides rectalis" Hauduroy et al. 1937

Etymology: rec.ta’lis. L. neut. perf. part. rectum, the straight bowel; N.L. masc./fem. adj. rectalis, rectal

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A1-86; ATCC 33656; DSM 17629; DSM 3377; NCIMB 14373; VPI 0989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L34627 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacteroides rectalis" Hauduroy et al. 1937	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Agathobacter Rosero et al. 2016. Publication: Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Agathobacter Rosero et al. 2016

Assigned by: Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773.

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