Name: Eggerthella sinensis Lau et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sin.en’sis. M.L. fem. pl. n. Sinae, of China; N.L. masc./fem. adj. sinensis, pertaining to China, the country where the bacterium was discovered

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16107; HKU14; JCM 14551; LMG 22123

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY321958 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lau SK, Woo PC, Woo GK, Fung AM, Wong MK, Chan KM, Tam DM, Yuen KY. Eggerthella hongkongensis sp. nov. and eggerthella sinensis sp. nov., two novel Eggerthella species, account for half of the cases of Eggerthella bacteremia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 49:255-263.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 111. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2025-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Maruo et al. 2008 Maruo T, Sakamoto M, Ito C, Toda T, Benno Y. Adlercreutzia equolifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., an equol-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Eggerthella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1221-1227. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.
    Notes:
    • In the paper by Maruo et al. 2008, Eggerthella sinensis Lau et al. 2006 is erroneously cited as Eggerthella sinensis Lau et al. 2004.

• Notes:
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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.
  • The culture collection accession numbers DSM 16107 and LMG 22123 have been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 111. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2025-2027.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Eggerthella Kageyama et al. 1999

Assigned by: Lau SK, Woo PC, Woo GK, Fung AM, Wong MK, Chan KM, Tam DM, Yuen KY. Eggerthella hongkongensis sp. nov. and eggerthella sinensis sp. nov., two novel Eggerthella species, account for half of the cases of Eggerthella bacteremia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 49:255-263.

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