Slackia

Slackia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Eggerthellales
Family: Eggerthellaceae
Genus: Slackia
Wade et al. 1999[1]
Type species
Slackia exigua
(Poco et al. 1996) Wade et al. 1999
Species[2]

Slackia is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Eggerthellaceae.[1][3] Slackia is named after the microbiologist Geoffrey Slack.[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_2024[5][6][7] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[8][9][10]
Slackia
Slackia

S. exigua (Poco et al. 1996) Wade et al. 1999

S. heliotrinireducens corrig. (Lanigan 1983) Wade et al. 1999

S. isoflavoniconvertens Matthies, Blaut & Braune 2009

S. equolifaciens Jin et al. 2010

S. faecicanis Lawson et al. 2005

S. piriformis Nagai, Watanabe & Morotomi 2010

References

  1. ^ a b c Slackia 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. ^ a b C.L. Schoch; et al. "Slackia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Taylor, Dorothea; Garrity, George M (2010). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Slackia Wade et al. 1999 emend. Nagai et al. 2010". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.5758.
  4. ^ Wade, William G.; Dewhirst, Floyd E. (2015). "Slackia". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00221. ISBN 9781118960608.
  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.