Name: Eikenella corrodens (Eiken 1958) Jackson and Goodman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides corrodens" Eiken 1958

Etymology: cor.ro.dens. L. part. adj. corrodens, gnawing (colonies may appear to corrode the surface of the agar)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23834; CCUG 2138; CIP 70.75; DSM 8340; JCM 12952; LMG 15557; NCTC 10596

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB525415 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jackson FL, Goodman YE. Transfer of the facultatively anaerobic organism Bacteroides corrodens Eiken to a new genus Eikenella. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:73-77.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacteroides corrodens" Eiken 1958	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Eikenella Jackson and Goodman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Jackson FL, Goodman YE. Transfer of the facultatively anaerobic organism Bacteroides corrodens Eiken to a new genus Eikenella. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:73-77.
  • 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.
  • On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the name Eikenella corrodens appears twice. In the first appearance, typographic errors have been made so, the first appearance of Eikenella corrodens (page 61, column 2, paragraph 6, and page 62, column 1, lines 1-4) should be deleted. Publication: Euzéby JP. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1271-1272.

Parent taxon: Eikenella Jackson and Goodman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jackson FL, Goodman YE. Transfer of the facultatively anaerobic organism Bacteroides corrodens Eiken to a new genus Eikenella. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:73-77.

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Record number: 775886