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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

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

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

Gender: feminine

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L34420 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium eligens Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07061 (N = 80).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Lachnospira Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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Record number: 7862