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Eggerthia

Eggerthia is a genus from the family Coprobacillaceae, with one known species.

Last revised
Jun 27, 2026
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Eggerthia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Erysipelotrichia
Order: Erysipelotrichales
Family: Coprobacillaceae
Genus: Eggerthia
Salvetti et al. 201112
Type species
Eggerthia catenaformis
(Eggerth 1935) Salvetti et al. 2011
Species

Eggerthia catenaformis

Synonyms
  • "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938

Eggerthia is a genus from the family Coprobacillaceae, with one known species (Eggerthia catenaformis).13

References

References

  1. J.P. Euzéby. "Eggerthia". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. Sayers; et al. "Eggerthia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. "Eggerthia". Www.uniprot.org.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Kordjian, Hayarpi H.; Schultz, Joyce D.J.H.; Rosenvinge, Flemming Schønning; Møller, Jakob; Pedersen, Rune M. (October 2015). "First clinical description of Eggerthia catenaformis bacteremia in a patient with dental abscess". Anaerobe. 35 (Pt B): 38–40. doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.07.002. PMID 26172397.