Kingdom : Bacteria
Phylum : Actinobacteria
Class : Actinobacteria
Order : Coriobacteriales
Family : Coriobacteriaceae
Genus : Slackia
Name: Slackia Wade et al. 1999
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Slackia, named to honour Geoffrey Slack, distinguished British microbiologist and dental researcher
Type species: Slackia exigua (Poco et al. 1996) Wade et al. 1999
Valid publication: Wade WG, Downes J, Dymock D, Hiom SJ, Weightman AJ, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Tzellas N, Coleman B. The family Coriobacteriaceae: reclassification of Eubacterium exiguum (Poco et al. 1996) and Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens (Lanigan 1976) as Slackia exigua gen. nov., comb. nov. and Slackia heliotrinireducens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Eubacterium lentum (Prevot 1938) as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:595-600.
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