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Species Eubacterium limosum
Name: Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacteroides limosus" Eggerth 1935
Etymology: li.mo’sum. L. neut. adj. limosum, full of slime, slimy
Pronunciation, gender: li-MO-sum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 8486; CCUG 16793; CIP 104169; DSM 20543; JCM 6421; JCM 9978
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M59120
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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacteroides limosus" Eggerth 1935 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists "Butyribacterium limosum" (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Cato 1965 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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, note = "+". — 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 164 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 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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🧍 Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) is the new type species of the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Cato EP, Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Designation of Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth) Prévot as the type species of Eubacterium. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:209-210.
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🧍 See also:
Publication:
Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published between July 1979 and April 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:464-465.
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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Record number: 776088
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