Slackia
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Slackia
| authority = Wade et al. 1999
| type_species = Slackia exigua
| type_species_authority = (Poco et al. 1996) Wade et al. 1999
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- S. equolifaciens
- S. exigua
- S. faecicanis
- S. heliotrinireducens
- S. isoflavoniconvertens
- S. piriformis
}}
Slackia is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae.{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Taylor|first2=Dorothea|last3=Garrity|first3=George M|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity|title=Nomenclature Abstract for Slackia Wade et al. 1999 emend. Nagai et al. 2010.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|year=2010|doi=10.1601/nm.5758|language=en}} Slackia is named after the microbiologist Geoffrey Slack.{{cite book|last1=Wade|first1=William G.|last2=Dewhirst|first2=Floyd E.|title=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria |chapter=Slackia |date=2015|pages=1–5|doi=10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00221|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|isbn=9781118960608|language=en}}
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN){{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/slackia |title=Slackia |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |display-authors=et al.}} and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).{{cite web |author=C.L. Schoch |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=84108&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Slackia |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}
See also
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