Eggerthella

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Eggerthella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Actinobacteria"
Class:
Coriobacteriia
Order:
Eggerthellales
Family:
Eggerthellaceae
Genus:
Eggerthella

Kageyama et al. 1999
Species

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Synonyms
  • Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999

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.[2][3]

The type strain for this genus, , was known as Eubacterium lentum prior to 1999.[4][5] The genus is named for Arnold Eggerth, who first described the organism in 1935.[6]

Eggerthella has not been characterized well because of identification difficulties. It is an emerging pathogen that is likely to be studied and recognized more in years to come. It has a tendency to cause disease that spreads throughout the body.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Parte, A.C. "Eggerthella". LPSN.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Eggerth, A. (September 1935). "The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces". J. Bacteriol. 30 (3): 277–299. doi:10.1128/jb.30.3.277-299.1935. PMC 543656. PMID 16559837.
  7. ^ Gardiner, B. J., T. M. Korman, and R. K. Junckerstorff. “Eggerthella Lenta Bacteremia Complicated by Spondylodiscitis, Psoas Abscess, and Meningitis.” Ed. P. Bourbeau. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 52.4 (2014): 1278–1280. PMC. Web. 1 Oct. 2017.

External links[]

  • Euzéby, J.P. (2007). "Eggerthella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 2007-11-23.


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