Species Eubacterium lentum

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides lentus" Eggerth 1935

Etymology: len’tum. L. neut. adj. lentum, slow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e͡u-bak-TE-ri-um LEN-tum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25559; CCUG 17323; CCUG 17323 A; CIP 106637; DSM 2243; JCM 9979; NCAIM B.01418; NCTC 11813

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF292375 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: Eggerthella lenta (Eggerth 1935) Wade et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- ❗ Eubacterium lentum 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 113 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 lentum