Name: Sneathia Collins et al. 2002
Etymology: Sneath’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Sneathia, named after the British microbiologist Peter H. A. Sneath, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to microbial systematics
Gender: feminine (stem: Sneathi-)
Type species: Sneathia sanguinegens Collins et al. 2002
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Tornqvist E, von Essen R, Falsen E. Characterization of some strains from human clinical sources which resemble "Leptotrichia sanguinegens": description of Sneathia sanguinegens sp. nov., gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:358-361.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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"Sneathia amnii" Harwich et al. 2012 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Sneathia sanguinegens Collins et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sneathia vaginalis Eisenberg et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Leptotrichiaceae Staley and Whitman 2012
Assigned by: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Family II. Leptotrichiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 766.
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Record number: 517348