The family Coriobacteriaceae: reclassification of Eubacterium exiguum (Poco et al. 1996) and Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens (Lanigan 1976) as Slackia exigua gen. nov., comb. nov. and Slackia heliotrinireducens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Eubacterium lentum (Prevot 1938) as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov.

Authors
Wade, WG Downes, J Dymock, D Hiom, SJ Weightman, AJ Dewhirst, FE Paster, BJ Tzellas, N Coleman, B
Citation
Wg. Wade et al., The family Coriobacteriaceae: reclassification of Eubacterium exiguum (Poco et al. 1996) and Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens (Lanigan 1976) as Slackia exigua gen. nov., comb. nov. and Slackia heliotrinireducens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Eubacterium lentum (Prevot 1938) as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov., INT J SY B, 49, 1999, pp. 595-600
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00207713 → ACNP
Volume
49
Year of publication
1999
Part
2
Pages
595 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(199904)49:<595:TFCROE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
16S rRNA gene sequences were determined for Eubacterium exiguum and Peptost reptococcus heliotrinreducens. These species were found to be closely relat ed and, together with Eubacterium lentum, to constitute a branch of the Cor iobacteriaceae. Two new genera are proposed on the basis of phenotypic char acteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons: Slackia to include the bile-sensitive species Eubacterium exiguum and P. heliotrinreducens, and Eg gerthella to include the bile-resistant Eubacterium lentum. It is proposed that Eukacterium exiguum and Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens are trans ferred to the genus Slackia gen. nov. as Slackia exigua gen. nov., comb. no v. (type strain ATCC 700122(T)) and Slackia heliotrinireducens gen. nov., c omb. nov. (type strain NTCC 11029(T)), respectively, and Eubacterium lentum is transferred to the genus Eggerthella gen. nov. as Eggerthella lenta gen , nov., comb, nov. with Eggerthella lenta as the type species.