Name: Atopobium vaginae Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi’nae. L. fem. n. vagina, vagina; L. gen. fem. n. vaginae, of the vagina

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-55; CCUG 38953; CIP 106431; DSM 15829

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16S rRNA gene: Y17195 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rodriguez Jovita M, Collins MD, Sjoden B, Falsen E. Characterization of a novel Atopobium isolate from the human vagina: description of Atopobium vaginae sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1573-1576.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fannyhessea vaginae (Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fannyhessea vaginae (Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Atopobium vaginae is the correct name 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 Atopobium.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993

Assigned by: Rodriguez Jovita M, Collins MD, Sjoden B, Falsen E. Characterization of a novel Atopobium isolate from the human vagina: description of Atopobium vaginae sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1573-1576.

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Record number: 773541