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. 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

• 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 0.07889 (N = 73).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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