Species Eubacterium eligens

Name: Eubacterium eligens Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’li.gens. L. part. adj. eligens, making a proper selection, selecting, referring to its generally poor growth without fermentable carbohydrate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27750; DSM 3376; VPI C15-48

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L34420 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277.

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

Correct name: Lachnospira eligens (Holdeman and Moore 1974) García-López et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lachnospira eligens (Holdeman and Moore 1974) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Eubacterium eligens 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 75 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277.

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Record number: 776079

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