Species ***Eubacterium* *ventriosum***

Name: Eubacterium ventriosum (Tissier 1908) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus ventriosus" Tissier 1908

Etymology: ven.tri.o’sum. L. neut. adj. ventriosum, having a large belly, pot-bellied

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e͡u-bak-TE-ri-um wen-tri-O-sum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27560; DSM 3988

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L34421 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)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus ventriosus" Tissier 1908	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02452 (N = 4).
- 😷 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 = 2. — 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 101 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species affiliating with the Lachnospiraceae and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

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 ventriosum

Species ***Eubacterium* *ventriosum***