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Collinsella

Collinsella is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Collinsella is named after the microbiologist Matthew D. Collins.

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Collinsella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Coriobacteriales
Family: Coriobacteriaceae
Genus: Collinsella
Kageyama, Benno & Nakase 19991
Type species
Collinsella aerofaciens
(Eggerth 1935) Kageyama, Benno & Nakase 1999
Species2

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Collinsella is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae.13 Collinsella is named after the microbiologist Matthew D. Collins.4

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).2

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024567 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS2268910
Collinsella

C. tanakaei

C. ihumii

C. massiliensis Padmanabhan et al. 2016

C. aerofaciens

Collinsella

C. aerofaciens (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama, Benno & Nakase 1999

"C. bouchesdurhonensis" Bilen et al. 2017

C. ihumii Ben Khedher et al. 2022

"Ca. C. stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021

"C. phocaeensis" Ndongo et al. 2017

C. tanakaei Nagai, Watanabe & Morotomi 2010

C. urealytica corrig. Oh et al. 2024

C. vaginalis Diop et al. 2019

"C. provencensis" Dione et al. 2018

C. intestinalis Kageyama & Benno 2000

C. stercoris Kageyama & Benno 2000

Unassignes species:

  • "C. acetigenes" Han et al. 2024
  • "C. avium" Wongkuna et al. 2021
References

References

  1. Collinsella in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Collinsella". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Osier, Nicole Danielle; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Collinsella Kageyama et al. 1999 emend. Kageyama and Benno 2000". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.5745.
  4. Kageyama, Akiko; Benno, Yoshimi (2015). "Collinsella". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00215. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
  5. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.