Eggerthella

Eggerthella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Coriobacteriia
Order:	Eggerthellales
Family:	Eggerthellaceae
Genus:	Eggerthella Wade et al., 1999[1]
Type species
Eggerthella lenta (Eggerth 1935) Wade et al. 1999
Species
E. guodeyinii "E. hominis" E. lenta E. sinensis E. timonensis

Eggerthella is a bacterial genus of Actinomycetota, 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, Eggerthella lenta, 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. Only 9 case reports involving Eggerthella bacteremia had been published prior to 2014. It is "most commonly associated with intra-abdominal infections, which are often polymicrobial."^[7]

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).^[8]

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