Species Eubacterium infirmum
Name: Eubacterium infirmum Cheeseman et al. 1996
Etymology: in.fir.mum. L. neut. adj. infirmum, not strong, weak, feeble, delicate, referring to the delicate growth of the organism
Type strain: ATCC 700433; NCTC 12940; W 1471
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16S rRNA gene:
Z36273
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Cheeseman SL, Hiom SJ, Weightman AJ, Wade WG. Phylogeny of oral asaccharolytic Eubacterium species determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison and proposal of Eubacterium infirmum sp. nov. and Eubacterium tardum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:957-959. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species, together with E. sulci, are susceptible to being classified as a new genus".
Publication:
Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Cheeseman SL, Hiom SJ, Weightman AJ, Wade WG. Phylogeny of oral asaccharolytic Eubacterium species determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison and proposal of Eubacterium infirmum sp. nov. and Eubacterium tardum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:957-959.
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Record number: 783809
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