Species "Bacteroides limosus"

Name: "Bacteroides limosus" Eggerth 1935

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mo’sus. L. masc. adj. limosus, full of slime, slimy

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 8486; CCUG 16793; CIP 104169; DSM 20543; JCM 6421; JCM 9978

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59120 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Eggerth AH. The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1935; 30:277-299.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Butyribacterium limosum" (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Cato 1965	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eggerth AH. The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1935; 30:277-299.

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Record number: 4184

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