Species Eubacterium saburreum

Name: Eubacterium saburreum (Prévot 1966) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Catenabacterium saburreum" Prévot 1966

Etymology: sa.bur’re.um. L. fem. n. saburra, sand; L. neut. adj. suff. -eum, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. saburreum, sandy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33271; CCUG 28089; CIP 105341; DSM 3986; JCM 11021; VPI 11763

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB525414 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: Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum (Prévot 1966) Hedberg et al. 2012

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum (Prévot 1966) Hedberg et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Catenabacterium saburreum" Prévot 1966	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ❗ Eubacterium saburreum 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 = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 55 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: 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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Species Eubacterium saburreum