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Species Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
Name: Eubacterium coprostanoligenes Freier et al. 1994
Etymology: co.pros.ta.no.li’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. coprostanol, coprostanol; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce, engender; N.L. neut. part. adj. coprostanoligenes, producing coprostanol
Pronunciation, gender: … ko-pros-ta-no-LI-ge-nes, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 51222
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FUWW01000033
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Freier TA, Beitz DC, Li L, Hartman PA. Characterization of Eubacterium coprostanoligenes sp. nov., a cholesterol-reducing anaerobe. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:137-142. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:372.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02355 (N = 4).
- 😷 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". — 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 2023-10-29. 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 250 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 risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species affiliating among Oscillospiraceae as a new genus".
Publication:
Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Freier TA, Beitz DC, Li L, Hartman PA. Characterization of Eubacterium coprostanoligenes sp. nov., a cholesterol-reducing anaerobe. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:137-142. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 783807
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