Name: Eisenbergiella tayi Amir et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tay’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tayi, of Tay, named after Dr Waren Tay, who described Tay-Zachs disease

Pronunciation, gender: TAY-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2558; B 86562; DSM 26961; LMG 27400

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16S rRNA gene: KF814111 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amir I, Bouvet P, Legeay C, Gophna U, Weinberger A. Eisenbergiella tayi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:907-914.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Eisenbergiella Amir et al. 2014. Publication: Amir I, Bouvet P, Legeay C, Gophna U, Weinberger A. Eisenbergiella tayi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:907-914.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Eisenbergiella Amir et al. 2014

Assigned by: Amir I, Bouvet P, Legeay C, Gophna U, Weinberger A. Eisenbergiella tayi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:907-914.

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Record number: 791612