Name: Sneathia Collins et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Eisenberg et al. 2021 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. 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meeting, 29 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2003; 53:923-924.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 4; DSM: 2; CIP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "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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