Eggerthella

Eggerthella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Coriobacteriales
Family: Coriobacteriaceae
Genus: Eggerthella
Species

Eggerthella hongkongensis
Eggerthella lenta
Eggerthella sinensis

Eggerthella is a bacterial genus of Actinobacteria, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Members of this genus are anaerobic, non-sporulating, non-motile, Gram-positive bacilli that grow singly, as pairs, or in short chains. They are found in the human colon and feces and have been implicated as a cause of ulcerative colitis, liver and anal abscesses and systemic bacteremia.[1][2]

The type strain for this genus, Eggerthella lenta, was known as Eubacterium lentum prior to 1999.[3][4] The genus is named for Arnold Eggerth, who first described the organism in 1935.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Lau, S. K.P.; P. C.W. Woo; A. M.Y. Fung; K.M. Chan; G. K.S. Woo; K.Y. Yuen (2004). "Anaerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive bacilli bacteraemia characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing". J. Med. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 12): 1247–1253. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.45803-0. PMID 15585505.
  2. ↑ Lau, S.K.; P.C. Woo; G.K. Woo; A.M. Fung; M.K. Wong; K.M. Chan; D.M. Tam; K.Y. Yuen (2004). "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. 49 (4): 255–263. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.04.012. PMID 15313530.
  3. ↑ Kageyama, A.; Y. Benno; T. Nakase (1999). "Phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of Eubacterium lentum to the genus Eggerthella as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49 (4): 1725–1732. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-4-1725. PMID 10555354.
  4. ↑ Moore, W. E. C; E.P. Cato; L.V. Holdeman (1971). "Eubacterium lentum (Eggerth) Prevot 1938: emendation of description and designation of the neotype strain". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 21 (4): 299–303. doi:10.1099/00207713-21-4-299.
  5. ↑ Eggerth, A. (September 1935). "The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces" (PDF). J. Bacteriol. 30 (3): 277–299. PMC 543656Freely accessible. PMID 16559837.

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