Name: "Sneathia amnii" Harwich et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am’ni.i. Gr. neut. n. amnion, inner membrane surrounding the fetus; N.L. gen. neut. n. amnii, of the amnion, pertaining to the amniotic fluid from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: SN 35

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP011280 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Winter AD, Weir W, Hunt M, Berriman M, Gilleard JS, Devaney E, Britton C. Diversity in parasitic nematode genomes: the microRNAs of Brugia pahangi and Haemonchus contortus are largely novel. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:4.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Sneathia Collins et al. 2002

Assigned by: Winter AD, Weir W, Hunt M, Berriman M, Gilleard JS, Devaney E, Britton C. Diversity in parasitic nematode genomes: the microRNAs of Brugia pahangi and Haemonchus contortus are largely novel. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:4.

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Record number: 801149