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Species Eubacterium cylindroides
Name: Eubacterium cylindroides (Rocchi 1908) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacterium cylindroides" Rocchi 1908
Etymology: cy.lin.dro.i’des. Gr. masc. n. kylindros, a cylinder; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. adj. cylindroides, cylinder-shaped
Pronunciation, gender: … ky-lin-dro-I-des, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 27803; DSM 3983; JCM 10261; Virginia Polytechnic Institute 3654
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB558487
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Eubacterium. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 23-30.
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: Faecalitalea cylindroides (Rocchi 1908) De Maesschalck et al. 2014
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacterium cylindroides" Rocchi 1908 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists "Bacteroides cylindroides" (Rocchi 1908) Kelly 1957 homotypic synonym, not validly published Faecalitalea cylindroides (Rocchi 1908) De Maesschalck et al. 2014 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Eubacterium cylindroides 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 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 = 1. — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
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Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Eubacterium. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 23-30.
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Record number: 776077
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