| Eggerthella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| 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 [2] | |
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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. [3] [4]
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The type strain for this genus, Eggerthella lenta , was known as Eubacterium lentum prior to 1999. [5] [6] The genus is named for Arnold Eggerth, who first described the organism in 1935. [7]
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." [8]
