Name: "Catenabacterium catenaforme" (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides catenaformis" Eggerth 1935

Etymology: ca.te.na.for’me. L. neut. adj. suff. -forme, having the form of; N.L. neut. adj. catenaforme, chain-shaped [probably better: cateniforme]

Pronunciation, gender: ka-te-na-FOR-me, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25536; CCUG 48174; CIP 104817; DSM 20559; JCM 1121

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16S rRNA gene: AJ621549 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Eggerthia catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Salvetti et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eggerthia catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Salvetti et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus catenaforme (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Lactobacillus catenaformis corrig. (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacteroides catenaformis" Eggerth 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938. Publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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: "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

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Record number: 5546