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Species Eubacterium aggregans

Name: Eubacterium aggregans Mechichi et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. inf. v. aggregare, to flock or band together; L. neut. part. adj. aggregans, assembling, aggregating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e͡u-bak-TE-ri-um AG-gre-gans, neuter

Type strain: DSM 12183; KCTC 5834; SR12

16S rRNA gene: AF073898 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Mechichi T, Labat M, Woo TH, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Eubacterium aggreganssp. nov., a new homoacetogenic bacterium from olive mill wastewater treatment digestor. Anaerobe 1998; 4:283-291. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 76. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1699-1700.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mechichi T, Labat M, Woo TH, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Eubacterium aggreganssp. nov., a new homoacetogenic bacterium from olive mill wastewater treatment digestor. Anaerobe 1998; 4:283-291. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 776066