Species Eubacterium aerofaciens

Name: Eubacterium aerofaciens (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides aerofaciens" Eggerth 1935

Etymology: a.e.ro.fa’ci.ens. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air, gas; L. pres. part. faciens, making, producing; N.L. neut. part. adj. aerofaciens, gas producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e͡u-bak-TE-ri-um a-e-ro-FA-ki-ens, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25986; CCUG 28087; DSM 3979; JCM 10188; VPI 1003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB616131 Analyse FASTA

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

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Collinsella aerofaciens (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacteroides aerofaciens" Eggerth 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Collinsella aerofaciens (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CGMCC 1.5216; DSM 105138.
- ❗ Eubacterium aerofaciens is the correct name instead 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 Eubacterium.
- 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 42 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

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Species Eubacterium aerofaciens