Name: Sneathia vaginalis Eisenberg et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.gi.na’lis. N.L. fem. adj. vaginalis, from the vagina

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 52889; CCUG 52889 A; CCUG 52977; DSM 16631; LHL collection no. 6949

16S rRNA gene: MW046161 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Gronow S, Falgenhauer J, Imirzalioglu C, Muhldorfer K, Rau J, Blom J, Fawzy A, Glaeser SP, Kampfer P. Sneathia vaginalis sp. nov. (Fusobacteriales, Leptotrichiaceae) as a replacement of the species 'Sneathia amnii' Harwich et al. 2012 and 'Leptotrichia amnionii' Shukla et al. 2002, and emended description of Sneathia Collins et al. 2001. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Sneathia Collins et al. 2002

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Gronow S, Falgenhauer J, Imirzalioglu C, Muhldorfer K, Rau J, Blom J, Fawzy A, Glaeser SP, Kampfer P. Sneathia vaginalis sp. nov. (Fusobacteriales, Leptotrichiaceae) as a replacement of the species 'Sneathia amnii' Harwich et al. 2012 and 'Leptotrichia amnionii' Shukla et al. 2002, and emended description of Sneathia Collins et al. 2001. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

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Record number: 18695