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### Genus Bacteroides
Warning: In the
*List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature*, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: [Introduction](-introduction.html)).
Number of species cited in this file: 92
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 5
[Classification](-classificationac.html#Bacteroides) (Warning: see also the file " [Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction](-classification.html)").
Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919,
*genus*. (Type genus of the order [¤](bacteroidales.html) *Bacteroidales* Krieg 2012; type genus of the family [¤](bacteroidaceae.html) *Bacteroidaceae* Pribram 1933 [Approved Lists 1980]; type genus of the tribe [¤](bacteroideae.html) *Bacteroideae* Castellani and Chalmers 1919[Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species:
[¤](#fragilis) *Bacteroides* *fragilis* (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "
*Ristella*" Prévot 1938.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*bacter*, rod; L. suff. - *oides* (from Gr. suff. - *eides*, from Gr. n. *eidos*, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), ressembling, similar; N.L. masc. n. *Bacteroides*, rodlike.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [CASTELLANI (A.) and CHALMERS (A.J.): Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed., Williams Wood and Co., New York, 1919, pp. 959-960.](http://openlibrary.org/details/manualoftropical00cast)]
Note: According to Cato
*et al.* 1982, *Bacteroides* Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](capsularis.html) *Capsularis* Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Reference: CATO (E.P.), KELLEY (R.W.), MOORE (W.E.C.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *zoogleoformans* (Weinberg, Nativelle, and Prévot 1937) corrig. comb. nov.: emended description. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 271-274.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-3-271)
→
*Bacteroides* Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shah and Collins 1989.
Type species:
[¤](#fragilis) *Bacteroides* *fragilis* (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "
*Ristella*" Prévot 1938.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*bacter*, rod; L. suff. - *oides* (from Gr. suff. - *eides*, from Gr. n. *eidos*, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), ressembling, similar; N.L. masc. n. *Bacteroides*, rodlike.
Reference: SHAH (H.N.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Proposal to restrict the genus
*Bacteroides* (Castellani and Chalmers) to *Bacteroides* *fragilis* and closely related species. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1989, **39**, 85-87.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-1-85)
[Bacteroides acidifaciens Miyamoto and Itoh 2000, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20acidifaciens&restrict=1)) strain A40 = JCM 10556.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB021164](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB021164&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*acidum* (from L. adj. *acidus*, sour), an acid; L. v. *facio*, to produce; N.L. part. adj. *acidifaciens*, acid-producing.
Reference: MIYAMOTO (Y.) and ITOH (K.):
*Bacteroides* *acidifaciens* sp. nov., isolated from the caecum of mice. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2000, **50**, 145-148.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-1-145)
[Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20amylophilus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29744](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29744.aspx)= [DSM 1361](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-1361.html).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[Y15992](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=Y15992&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonym: "
*Ruminobacter* *amylophilum*" ( *sic*) (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Prévot 1966.
Etymology: Gr. n.
*amulon*, starch; N.L. masc. adj. *philus* (from Gr. masc. adj. *philos*), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. *amylophilus*, starch loving.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [HAMLIN (L.J.) and HUNGATE (R.E.): Culture and physiology of a starch-digesting bacterium ( Bacteroides amylophilus n. sp.) from the bovine rumen. Journal of Bacteriology, 1956, 72, 548-554](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/72/4/548).]
→
[¤](ruminobacter.html#amylophilus) *Ruminobacter* *amylophilus* (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides asaccharolyticus (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Finegold and Barnes 1977, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20asaccharolyticus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 25260](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25260.aspx)= CCUG 7834 = [DSM 20707](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20707.html) = JCM 6326 = LMG 13178.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16490](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16490&cmd=Search&db=nuccore), [CP002689](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP002689&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Synonym: "
*Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* subsp. *asaccharolyticus*" Holdeman and Moore 1970.
Etymology: Gr. pref.
*a*, not; Gr. n. *sakchâr*, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. *lyticus* (from Gr. masc. adj. *lutikos*), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. *asaccharolyticus*, not digesting sugar.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.): *Bacteroides. In*: E.P. CATO, C.S. CUMMINS, L.V. HOLDEMAN, J.L. JOHNSON, W.E.C. MOORE, R.M. SMIBERT and L.D.S. SMITH (editors): Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970, pp. 33-44. 2 [FINEGOLD (S.M.) and BARNES (E.M.): Proposal that the saccharolytic and asaccharolytic strains at present classified in the species as Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Bacteroides asaccharolyticus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 388-391](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-27-4-388).]
→
[¤](porphyromonas.html#asaccharolytica) *Porphyromonas* *asaccharolytica* (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1988, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides barnesiae Lan ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20barnesiae&restrict=1)) strain BL2 = [DSM 18169](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18169.html) = JCM 13652.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB253726](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB253726&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n.
*barnesiae*, of Barnes, named after Ella M. Barnes, a British microbiologist, who has contributed much to our knowledge of intestinal bacteriology and anaerobic bacteriology in general.
Reference: LAN (P.T.N.), SAKAMOTO (M.), SAKATA (S.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *barnesiae* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *salanitronis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *gallinarum* sp. nov., isolated from chicken caecum. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 2853-2859.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64517-0)
[Bacteroides bivius Holdeman and Johnson 1977, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20bivius&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29303](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29303.aspx)= CCUG 9557 = CIP 105105 = [DSM 20514](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20514.html) = JCM 6331 = LMG 6452 = NCTC 11156.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16475](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16475&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*bivius*, having two ways or passages, pertaining to the saccharolytic and proteolytic activities of the species.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Bacteroides disiens sp. nov. and Bacteroides bivius sp. nov. from human clinical infections. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 337-345](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-27-4-337).]
→
[¤](prevotella.html#bivia) *Prevotella* *bivia* (Holdeman and Johnson 1977) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides buccae Holdeman ] *et al.* 1982, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20buccae&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33574](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33574.aspx)= CCUG 15401 = CIP 105106 = JCM 12245 = VPI D3A-6.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16477](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16477&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. gen. n.
*buccae*, of the mouth, referring to a major natural habitat of the species.
Reference: HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), CHURN (P.J.) and JOHNSON (J.L.):
*Bacteroides* *oris* and *Bacteroides* *buccae*, new species from human periodontitis and other human infections. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 125-131.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-1-125)
Note: According to Johnson and Holdeman 1985,
*Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et al.* 1982 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](#capillus) *Bacteroides* *capillus* Kornman and Holt 1982, and an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](#pentosaceus) *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus* Shah and Collins 1982.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *capillus* Kornman and Holt and *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus* Shah and Collins, later synonyms of *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et* *al. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1985, **35**, 114.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-1-114)
→
[¤](prevotella.html#buccae) *Prevotella* *buccae* (Holdeman *et al.* 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides buccalis Shah and Collins 1982, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20buccalis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 35310](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35310.aspx)= CCUG 15557 = [DSM 20616](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20616.html) = JCM 12246 = NCDO 2354 = NCTC 13064.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16476](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16476&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*bucca*, the mouth; L. masc. suff. - *alis*, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. *buccalis*, buccal, pertaining to the mouth.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 8.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 266-268. [SHAH (H.N.) and COLLINS (M.D.): *Bacteroides* *buccalis*, sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *denticola*, sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus*, sp. nov., new species of the genus *Bacteroides* from the oral cavity. *Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1* *Orig.*, 1981, **C2**, 235-241.]
[Validation List no. 8 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-2-266)
Note: The strain NCDO 2354, cited in Validation List no. 8, does not appear in the
[UKNCC Strain databases](http://www.ukncc.co.uk/html/Databases/search.asp) or in [The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains](http://www.ncimb.co.uk/).
→
[¤](prevotella.html#buccalis) *Prevotella* *buccalis* (Shah and Collins 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides caccae Johnson ] *et al.* 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20caccae&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 43185](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43185.aspx)= CCUG 38735 = CIP 104201 = JCM 9498 = NCTC 13051 = VPI 3452A.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X83951](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X83951&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*cacca* (from Gr. n. *kakkê*), human ordure, feces; N.L. gen. n. *caccae*, of feces, referring to the source of isolate.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.), MOORE (W.E.C.) and MOORE (L.V.H.):
*Bacteroides* *caccae* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *merdae* sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *stercoris* sp. nov. isolated from human feces. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1986, **36**, 499-501.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-4-499)
[Bacteroides capillosus (Tissier 1908) Kelly 1957, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20capillosus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29799](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29799.aspx)= CCUG 15402 A = VPI R2-29-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY136666](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY136666&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacillus* *capillosus*" Tissier 1908, " *Ristella* *capillosa*" (Tissier 1908) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *capillosum*" (Tissier 1908) Krasil'nikov 1949.
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*capillosus*, full of hair, very hairy.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 TISSIER (H.): Recherches sur la flore intestinale normale des enfants âgés d'un an à cinq ans. *Annales* *de* *l'Institut* *Pasteur* ( *Paris*), 1908, **22**, 189-208. 2 KELLY (C.D.): Genus I. *Bacteroides* Castellani and Chalmers 1919. *In*: R.S. BREED, E.G.D. MURRAY and N.R. SMITH (editors): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, pp. 424-436.]
→
[¤](pseudoflavonifractor.html#capillosus) *Pseudoflavonifractor* *capillosus* (Tissier 1908) Carlier *et al.* 2010, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides capillus Kornman and Holt 1982, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20capillus&restrict=1)) strain 938.11 = [ATCC 33690](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33690.aspx).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16478](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16478&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*capillus*, the hair.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 8.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 266-268. [KORNMAN (K.S.) and HOLT (S.C.): Physiological and ultrastructural characterization of a new *Bacteroides* species ( *Bacteroides* *capillus*) isolated from severe localized periodontitis. *J. Periodontal. Res.*, 1981, **16**, 542-555.]
[Validation List no. 8 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-2-266)
→
[¤](#buccae) *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et al.* 1982.
Note: According to Johnson and Holdeman 1985,
*Bacteroides* *capillus* Kornman and Holt 1982 is a later heterotypic synonym of [¤](#buccae) *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et al.* 1982.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *capillus* Kornman and Holt and *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus* Shah and Collins, later synonyms of *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et* *al. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1985, **35**, 114.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-1-114)
→
[¤](prevotella.html#buccae) *Prevotella* *buccae* (Holdeman *et al.* 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides cellulosilyticus Robert ] *et al.* 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20cellulosilyticus&restrict=1)) strain CRE21 = CCUG 44979 = [DSM 14838](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-14838.html) = JCM 15632.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AJ583243](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AJ583243&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*cellulosum*, cellulose; Gr. adj. *lutikos*, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. *lyticus* - *a* - *um* (from Gr. adj. *lutikos* - *ê* - *on*), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. *cellulosilyticus*, cellulose-dissolving.
Reference: ROBERT (C.), CHASSARD (C.), LAWSON (P.A.) and BERNALIER-DONADILLE (A.):
*Bacteroides* *cellulosilyticus* sp. nov., a cellulolytic bacterium from the human gut microbial community. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2007, **57**, 1516-1520.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64998-0)
[Bacteroides cellulosolvens Murray ] *et al.* 1984, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20cellulosolvens&restrict=1)) strain WM2 = [ATCC 35603](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35603.aspx)= [DSM 2933](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-2933.html) = NRCC 2944.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L35517](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L35517&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*cellulosum*, cellulose; L. v. *solvere*, to dissolve; N.L. part. adj. *cellulosolvens*, cellulose dissolving, so named because of its ability to ferment cellulosic substrates.
Reference: MURRAY (W.D.), SOWDEN (L.C.) and COLVIN (J.R.):
*Bacteroides* *cellulosolvens* sp. nov., a cellulolytic species from sewage sludge. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1984, **34**, 185-187.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-2-185)
[Bacteroides chinchillae Kitahara ] *et al.* 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20chinchillae&restrict=1)) strain ST170 = CCUG 59335 = JCM 16497.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB531490](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB531490&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*Chinchilla*, the zoological genus name of the chinchilla; N.L. gen. n. *chinchillae*, of a chinchilla.
Reference: KITAHARA (M.), TSUCHIDA (S.), KAWASUMI (K.), AMAO (H.), SAKAMOTO (M.), BENNO (Y.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *chinchillae* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *rodentium* sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla ( *Chinchilla* *lanigera*) faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2011, **61**, 877-881.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.024026-0)
→
[¤](#sartorii) *Bacteroides* *sartorii* Clavel *et al.* 2010.
Note: According to Sakamoto and Ohkuma,
*Bacteroides* *chinchillae* Kitahara *et al.* 2011 is a later heterotypic synonym of [¤](#sartorii) *Bacteroides* *sartorii* Clavel *et al.* 2010.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *sartorii* is an earlier heterotypic synonym of *Bacteroides* *chinchillae* and has priority. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2012, **62**, 1241-1244.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.035659-0)
[Bacteroides clarus Watanabe ] *et al.* 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20clarus&restrict=1)) strain YIT 12056 = [DSM 22519](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-22519.html) = JCM 16067.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB490801](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB490801&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*clarus*, shining, referring to the shiny appearance of the colonies.
Reference: WATANABE (Y.), NAGAI (F.), MOROTOMI (M.), SAKON (H.) and TANAKA (R.):
*Bacteroides* *clarus* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *fluxus* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *oleiciplenus* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 1864-1869.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015107-0)
[Bacteroides coagulans Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20coagulans&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29798](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29798.aspx)= CCUG 48292 = [DSM 20705](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20705.html) = JCM 12528 = LMG 8206.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[HF558387](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=HF558387&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Pasteurella* *coagulans* (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *coagulans*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Krasil'nikov 1949.
Etymology: L. part. adj.
*coagulans*, curdling, coagulating (milk).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [EGGERTH (A.H.) and GAGNON (B.H.): The bacteroides of human feces. Journal of Bacteriology, 1933, 25, 389-413](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/25/4/389).]
Note: The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with the family incertae sedis XI of
*Firmicutes* (86.39% against [¤](tissierella.html#praeacuta) *Tissierella* *praeacuta*; 72.91% similarity against [¤](#fragilis) *Bacteroides* *fragilis*).
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names.
*Syst. Appl. Microbiol.*, 2013, **36**, 69-73.
[Publication online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2012.12.006)
[Bacteroides coprocola Kitahara ] *et al.* 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20coprocola&restrict=1)) strain M16 = [DSM 17136](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-17136.html) = JCM 12979.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB200224](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB200224&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*kopros*, faeces; L. suff. - *cola* (from L. n. *incola*), inhabitant; N.L. n. *coprocola*, inhabitant of faeces.
Reference: KITAHARA (M.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IKE (M.), SAKATA (S.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *plebeius* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *coprocola* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 2143-2147.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/2143)
[Bacteroides coprophilus Hayashi ] *et al.* 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20coprophilus&restrict=1)) strain CB42 = [DSM 18228](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18228.html) = JCM 13818.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB260026](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=nucleotide&cmd=search&term=AB260026).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*kopros*, dung, faeces; N.L. adj. *philus* - *a* - *um* (from Gr. adj. *philos* - *ê* - *on*), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. *coprophilus*, loving faeces.
Reference: HAYASHI (H.), SHIBATA (K.), BAKIR (M.A.), SAKAMOTO (M.), TOMITA (S.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *coprophilus* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2007, **57**, 1323-1326.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64979-0)
[Bacteroides coprosuis Whitehead ] *et al.* 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20coprosuis&restrict=1)) strain PC139 = CCUG 50528 = [DSM 18011](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18011.html) = JCM 13475 = NRRL B-41113.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AF319778](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AF319778&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*kopros*, faeces; L. gen. n. *suis*, of a pig; N.L. gen. n. *coprosuis*, of pig faeces, from which the organism was isolated.
Reference: WHITEHEAD (T.R.), COTTA (M.A.), COLLINS (M.D.), FALSEN (E.) and LAWSON (P.A.):
*Bacteroides* *coprosuis* sp. nov., isolated from swine-manure storage pits. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 2515-2518.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/6/2515)
[Bacteroides corporis Johnson and Holdeman 1983, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20corporis&restrict=1)) strain Lambe 532-70A = [ATCC 33547](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33547.aspx)= CIP 105107 = JCM 8529 = NCTC 13065 = VPI 9342.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16465](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16465&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*corpus* - *oris*, body; L. gen. n. *corporis*, of the body; pertaining to the isolation of this organism from human clinical specimens.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *intermedius* comb. nov. and descriptions of *Bacteroides* *corporis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *levii* sp. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 15-25.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-1-15)
→
[¤](prevotella.html#corporis) *Prevotella* *corporis* (Johnson and Holdeman 1983) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides denticola Shah and Collins 1982, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20denticola&restrict=1)) strain Socransky 1210 = Shah and Collins 1210 = [ATCC 35308](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35308.aspx)= CCUG 29542 = CIP 104478 = [DSM 20614](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20614.html) = JCM 13449 = NCDO 2352 = NCTC 13067.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY323524](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY323524&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*dens* *dentis*, tooth; L. suff. - *cola* (from L. n. *incola*) inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. *denticola*, tooth dweller.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 8.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 266-268. [SHAH (H.N.) and COLLINS (M.D.): *Bacteroides* *buccalis*, sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *denticola*, sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus*, sp. nov., new species of the genus *Bacteroides* from the oral cavity. *Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1* *Orig.*, 1981, **C2**, 235-241.]
[Validation List no. 8 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-2-266)
Note: The strain NCDO 2352, cited in Validation List no. 8, does not appear in the
[UKNCC Strain databases](http://www.ukncc.co.uk/html/Databases/search.asp) or in [The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains](http://www.ncimb.co.uk/).
→
*Bacteroides* *denticola* Shah and Collins 1982 emend. Holdeman and Johnson 1982.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20denticola&restrict=1)) strain Socransky 1210 = Shah and Collins 1210 = [ATCC 35308](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35308.aspx)= CCUG 29542 = CIP 104478 = [DSM 20614](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20614.html) = JCM 13449 = NCDO 2352 = NCTC 13067.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY323524](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY323524&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*dens* *dentis*, tooth; L. suff. - *cola* (from L. n. *incola*) inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. *denticola*, tooth dweller.
Reference: HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Description of
*Bacteroides* *loescheii* sp. nov. and emendation of the descriptions of *Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* (Oliver and Wherry) Roy and Kelly 1939 and *Bacteroides* *denticola* Shah and Collins 1981. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 399-409.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-4-399)
→
[¤](prevotella.html#denticola) *Prevotella* *denticola* (Shah and Collins 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides disiens Holdeman and Johnson 1977, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20disiens&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29426](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29426.aspx)= CCUG 9558 = CIP 105108 = [DSM 20516](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20516.html) = JCM 6334 = LMG 6453 = NCTC 11157.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16483](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16483&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L part. adj.
*disiens* ( *sic*), going in two different directions; intended to refer to the fact that the organism is both saccharolytic and proteolytic.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Bacteroides disiens sp. nov. and Bacteroides bivius sp. nov. from human clinical infections. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 337-345](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-27-4-337).]
→
[¤](prevotella.html#disiens) *Prevotella* *disiens* (Holdeman and Johnson 1977) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides distasonis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20distasonis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 8503](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/8503.aspx)= CCUG 4941 = CIP 104284 = [DSM 20701](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20701.html) = JCM 5825 = NCTC 11152.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB238922](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB238922&cmd=Search&db=nuccore), [CP000140](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP000140&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Synonyms: "
*Ristella* *distasonis*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *distasonis*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Bacteroides* *fragilis* subsp. *distasonis*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1970.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*distasonis*, of Distaso, named after A. Distaso, a Romanian bacteriologist.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [EGGERTH (A.H.) and GAGNON (B.H.): The bacteroides of human feces. Journal of Bacteriology, 1933, 25, 389-413](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/25/4/389).]
→
[¤](parabacteroides.html#distasonis) *Parabacteroides* *distasonis* (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Sakamoto and Benno 2006, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides dorei Bakir ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20dorei&restrict=1)) strain 175 = [DSM 17855](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-17855.html) = JCM 13471.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB242142](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB242142&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*dorei*, of Doré, in honour of the French microbiologist Joel Doré, in recognition of his many contributions to intestinal (gut) microbiology.
Reference: BAKIR (M.A.), SAKAMOTO (M.), KITAHARA (M.), MATSUMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *dorei* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 1639-1643.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64257-0)
[Bacteroides eggerthii Holdeman and Moore 1974, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20eggerthii&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 27754](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/27754.aspx)= CCUG 9559 = CIP 104285 = [DSM 20697](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20697.html) = JCM 12986 = NCTC 11155.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB050107](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB050107&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*eggerthii*, of Eggerth, named after Arnold H. Eggerth, an American bacteriologist.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.): New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1974, 24, 260-277](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-24-2-260).]
[Bacteroides endodontalis van Steenbergen ] *et al.* 1984, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20endodontalis&restrict=1)) strain HG370 = [ATCC 35406](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35406.aspx)= NCTC 13058.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY253728](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY253728&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. adv.
*endon*, within; Gr. n. *odous* - *ontos*, tooth; L. masc. suff. - *alis*, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. *endodontalis*, pertaining to the inside of a tooth, within teeth.
Reference: VAN STEENBERGEN (T.J.M.), VAN WINKELHOFF (A.J.), MAYRAND (D.), GRENIER (D.) and DE GRAAFF (J.):
*Bacteroides* *endodontalis* sp. nov., an asaccharolytic black-pigmented *Bacteroides* species from infected dental root canals. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1984, **34**, 118-120.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-2-118)
→
[¤](porphyromonas.html#endodontalis) *Porphyromonas* *endodontalis* (van Steenbergen *et al.* 1984) Shah and Collins 1988, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides faecichinchillae Kitahara ] *et al.* 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20faecichinchillae&restrict=1)) strain ST37 = CCUG 60873 = JCM 17102.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB574480](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB574480&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*faex* *faecis*, the dregs, faeces; N.L. n. *Chinchilla*, the zoological genus name of the chinchilla; N.L. gen. n. *faecichinchillae*, of/from chinchilla excrement.
Reference: KITAHARA (M.), SAKAMOTO (M.), TSUCHIDA (S.), KAWASUMI (K.), AMAO (H.), BENNO (Y.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *stercorirosoris* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *faecichinchillae* sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla ( *Chinchilla* *lanigera*) faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2012, **62**, 1145-1150.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.032706-0)
[Bacteroides faecis Kim ] *et al.* 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20faecis&restrict=1)) strain MAJ27 = JCM 16478 = KCTC 5823.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[GQ496624](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=GQ496624&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. gen. n.
*faecis*, of dregs, of faeces, referring to faecal origin.
Reference: KIM (M.S.), ROH (S.W.) and BAE (J.W.):
*Bacteroides* *faecis* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 2572-2576.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.020024-0)
[Bacteroides finegoldii Bakir ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20finegoldii&restrict=1)) strain 199 = [DSM 17565](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-17565.html) = JCM 13345.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB222699](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB222699&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*finegoldii*, of Finegold, in honour of Dr Sydney M. Finegold, a researcher in anaerobic bacteriology and an infectious diseases clinician.
Reference: BAKIR (M.A.), KITAHARA (M.), SAKAMOTO (M.), MATSUMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *finegoldii* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 931-935.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64084-0)
[Bacteroides fluxus Watanabe ] *et al.* 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20fluxus&restrict=1)) strain YIT 12057 = [DSM 22534](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-22534.html) = JCM 16101.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB490802](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB490802&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*fluxus*, transient or perishable, referring to the short-lived nature of this bacterium during cultivation.
Reference: WATANABE (Y.), NAGAI (F.), MOROTOMI (M.), SAKON (H.) and TANAKA (R.):
*Bacteroides* *clarus* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *fluxus* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *oleiciplenus* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 1864-1869.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015107-0)
[Bacteroides forsythus Tanner ] *et al.* 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20forsythus&restrict=1)) strain FDC 338 = [ATCC 43037](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43037.aspx)= CCUG 21028A = CCUG 33064 = CCUG 33226 = CIP 105219 = JCM 10827.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB035460](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB035460&cmd=Search&db=nuccore), [CP003191](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP003191&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj.
*forsythus*, pertaining to the Forsyth Dental Center, where the species was first isolated.
Reference: TANNER (A.C.R.), LISTGARTEN (M.A.), EBERSOLE (J.L.) and STRZEMPKO (M.N.):
*Bacteroides* *forsythus* sp. nov., a slow-growing, fusiform *Bacteroides* sp. from the human oral cavity. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1986, **36**, 213-221.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-2-213)
→
[¤](tannerella.html#forsythensis) *Tannerella* *forsythia* corrig. (Tanner *et al.* 1986) Sakamoto *et al.* 2002, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919, ] *species*. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20fragilis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 25285](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25285.aspx)= CCUG 4856 = CIP 77.16 = [DSM 2151](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-2151.html) = JCM 11019 = LMG 10263 = NCTC 9343.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[CR626927](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CR626927&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacillus* *fragilis*" Veillon and Zuber 1898, " *Fusiformis* *fragilis*" Topley and Wilson 1929, " *Ristella* *fragilis*" Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *fragilis*" Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Bacteroides* *inaequalis*" Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, " *Sphaerophorus* *inaequalis*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *inaequalis*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Bacteroides* *incommunis*" Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, " *Ristella* *incommunis*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *incommunis* (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Bacteroides* *uncatus*" Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, " *Ristella* *uncata*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *uncatum*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Sphaerophorus* *intermedius*" Bergan and Hovig 1968.
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*fragilis*, easily broken, brittle, fragile (relating to the brittle colonies that may form under some culture conditions).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 VEILLON (A.) and ZUBER (A.): Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. *Archives* *de* *Médecine* *Expérimentale* *et* *d'Anatomie* *Pathologique*, 1898, **10**, 517-545. 2 [CASTELLANI (A.) and CHALMERS (A.J.): Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed., Williams Wood and Co., New York, 1919.](http://openlibrary.org/details/manualoftropical00cast)]
[Bacteroides furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy ] *et al.* 1937, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20furcosus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 25662](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25662.aspx)= VPI 3253.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[GU585668](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=GU585668&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacillus* *furcosus*" Veillon and Zuber 1898, " *Fusiformis* *furcosus*" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Topley and Wilson 1929, " *Ristella* *furcosa*" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *furcosum*" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Krasil'nikov 1949.
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*furcosus*, full of forks, forked (pertaining to cell shape).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 VEILLON (A.) and ZUBER (A.): Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. *Archives* *de* *Médecine* *Expérimentale* *et* *d'Anatomie* *Pathologique*, 1898, **10**, 517-545. 2 HAUDUROY (P.), EHRINGER (G.), URBAIN (A.), GUILLOT (G.) and MAGROU (J.): Dictionnaire des bactéries pathogènes. Masson and Co., Paris, 1937.]
→
[¤](anaerorhabdus.html#furcosa) *Anaerorhabdus* *furcosa* corrig. (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides galacturonicus Jensen and Canale-Parola 1987, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20galacturonicus&restrict=1)) strain N6 = [ATCC 43244](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43244.aspx)= [DSM 3978](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-3978.html).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*acidum* *galacturonicum*, galacturonic acid; L. suff. - *icus*, suffix of various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. *galacturonicus*, pertaining to galacturonate, with reference to the ability to ferment this compound or polygalacturonate.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 23.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1987, **37**, 179-180. [JENSEN (N.S.) and CANALE-PAROLA (E.): *Bacteroides* *pectinophilus* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *galacturonicus* sp. nov.: two pectinolytic bacteria from the human intestinal tract. *Appl. Environ. Microbiol.*, 1986, **52**, 880-887.]
[Validation List no. 23 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-2-179) - [Effective publication Online](http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/52/4/880)
[Bacteroides gallinarum Lan ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20gallinarum&restrict=1)) strain C35 = [DSM 18171](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18171.html) = JCM 13658.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB253732](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB253732&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. gen. fem. pl. n.
*gallinarum*, from/of chickens or hens.
Reference: LAN (P.T.N.), SAKAMOTO (M.), SAKATA (S.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *barnesiae* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *salanitronis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *gallinarum* sp. nov., isolated from chicken caecum. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 2853-2859.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64517-0)
[Bacteroides gingivalis Coykendall ] *et al.* 1980, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20gingivalis&restrict=1)) strain Slots' strain 2561 = [ATCC 33277](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33277.aspx)= CCUG 25893 = CCUG 25928 = CIP 103683 = [DSM 20709](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20709.html) = JCM 12257 = NCTC 11834.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB035459](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB035459&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*gingiva*, gum; L. masc. suff. - *alis*, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. *gingivalis*, pertaining to the gums, gingival.
Reference: COYKENDALL (A.L.), KACZMAREK (F.S.) and SLOTS (J.): Genetic heterogeneity in
*Bacteroides* *asaccharolyticus* (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Finegold and Barnes 1977 (Approved Lists, 1980) and proposal of *Bacteroides* *gingivalis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *macacae* (Slots and Genco) comb. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 559-564.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-3-559)
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[¤](porphyromonas.html#gingivalis) *Porphyromonas* *gingivalis* (Coykendall *et al.* 1980) Shah and Collins 1988, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides goldsteinii Song ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20goldsteinii&restrict=1)) strain WAL 12034 = [ATCC BAA-1180](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/BAA-1180.aspx) = CCUG 48944 = JCM 13446.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY974070](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY974070&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*goldsteinii*, of Goldstein, in honor of the outstanding infectious disease clinician who has done a lot of work with anaerobes, Ellie C. Goldstein.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 108.
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 499-500. [SONG (Y.), LIU (C.), LEE (J.), BOLAŇOS (M.), VAISANEN (M.L.) and FINEGOLD (S.M.): " *Bacteroides* *goldsteinii* sp. nov." isolated from clinical specimens of human intestinal origin. *J. Clin. Microbiol.*, 2005, **43**, 4522-4527.]
[Validation List no. 108 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64289-0) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.9.4522-4527.2005)
Note: The culture collection accession number JCM 13446 has been provided on request for validation.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 108 (footnote ‡).
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 499-500.
[Validation List no. 108 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64289-0)
→
[¤](parabacteroides.html#goldsteinii) *Parabacteroides* *goldsteinii* (Song *et al.* 2006) Sakamoto and Benno 2006, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides gracilis Tanner ] *et al.* 1981, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20gracilis&restrict=1)) strain FDC 1084 = [ATCC 33236](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33236.aspx)= CCUG 27720 = JCM 8538 = NCTC 12738.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[DQ174168](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=DQ174168&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*gracilis*, slim, slender, thin.
Reference: TANNER (A.C.R.), BADGER (S.), LAI (C.H.), LISTGARTEN (M.A.), VISCONTI (R.A.) and SOCRANSKY (S.S.):
*Wolinella* gen. nov., *Wolinella* *succinogenes* ( *Vibrio* *succinogenes* Wolin *et al.*) comb. nov., and description of *Bacteroides* *gracilis* sp. nov., *Wolinella* *recta* sp. nov., *Campylobacter* *concisus* sp. nov., and *Eikenella* *corrodens* from humans with periodontal disease. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1981, **31**, 432-445.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-4-432)
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[¤](campylobacter.html#gracilis) *Campylobacter* *gracilis* (Tanner *et al.* 1981) Vandamme *et al.* 1995, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides graminisolvens Nishiyama ] *et al.* 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20graminisolvens&restrict=1)) strain XDT-1 = [DSM 19988](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-19988.html) = JCM 15093.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB363973](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB363973&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. neut. n.
*gramen* - *inis*, grass; L. v. *solvere*, to dissolve; N.L. part. adj. *graminisolvens*, grass-dissolving.
Reference: NISHIYAMA (T.), UEKI (A.), KAKU (N.), WATANABE (K.) and UEKI (K.):
*Bacteroides* *graminisolvens* sp. nov., a xylanolytic anaerobe isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2009, **59**, 1901-1907.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.008268-0)
[Bacteroides helcogenes Benno ] *et al.* 1983, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20helcogenes&restrict=1)) strain P 36-108 = [ATCC 35417](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35417.aspx)= CCUG 15421 = [DSM 20613](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20613.html) = JCM 6297.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[CP002352](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP002352&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*helkos*, wound, ulcer, abscess; N.L. suff. - *genes* (from Gr. v. *gennaô*, to produce), producing; N.L. adj. *helcogenes*, abscess producing.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 12.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 896-897. [BENNO (Y.), WATABE (J.) and MITSUOKA (T.): *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *suis* sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *helcogenes* sp. nov., new species from abscesses and feces of pigs. *Syst. Appl. Microbiol.*, 1983, **4**, 396-407.]
[Validation List no. 12 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-4-896) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(83)80024-1)
[Bacteroides heparinolyticus Okuda ] *et al.* 1985, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20heparinolyticus&restrict=1)) strain HEP = [ATCC 35895](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35895.aspx)= CCUG 27827 = LMG 10142.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16487](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16487&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*heparinum* (from Gr. n. *hêpar*, liver) heparin; N.L. adj. *lyticus* - *a* - *um* (from Gr. adj. *lutikos* - *ê* - *on*), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. *heparinolyticus*, heparin dissolving.
Reference: OKUDA (K.), KATO (T.), SHIOZU (J.), TAKAZOE (I.) and NAKAMURA (T.):
*Bacteroides* *heparinolyticus* sp. nov. isolated from humans with periodontitis. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1985, **35**, 438-442.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-4-438)
→
[¤](prevotella.html#heparinolytica) *Prevotella* *heparinolytica* (Okuda *et al.* 1985) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
Note: The Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods recommends that
*Prevotella* *heparinolytica* (Okuda *et al.* 1985) Shah and Collins 1990 be designated *Bacteroides* *heparinolyticus* Okuda *et al.* 1985.
Reference: OLSEN (I.) and SHAH (H.N.): International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meetings, 9 and 10 July 2000, Manchester, UK.
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2001, **51**, 1943-1944.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-5-1943)
[Bacteroides hypermegas Harrison and Hansen 1963, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20hypermegas&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 25560](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25560.aspx)= CCUG 5856 = [DSM 1672](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-1672.html) = LMG 3890 = NCTC 10570.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AJ420107](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AJ420107&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonym: "
*Sphaerophorus* *hypermegas*" (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Prévot 1966.
Etymology: Gr. pref.
*huper*, very, excessive; Gr. adj. *megas*, great, big; N.L. masc. adj. *hypermegas*, excessively great, referring to the large cells.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [HARRISON Jr. (A.P.) and HANSEN (P.A.): Bacteroides hypermegas nov. spec. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1963, 29, 22-28.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02046035)]
→
[¤](megamonas.html#hypermegas) *Megamonas* *hypermegale* corrig. (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides intermedius (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Johnson and Holdeman 1983, comb. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20intermedius&restrict=1)) strain Finegold B422 = [ATCC 25611](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25611.aspx)= CCUG 24041 = CIP 101222 = CIP 103682 = [DSM 20706](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20706.html) = JCM 12248 = NCTC 13070 = VPI 4197.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X73965](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X73965&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Basonym:
[¤](#melaninogenicussubspintermedius) *Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* subsp. *intermedius* Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*intermedius*, intermediate.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *intermedius* comb. nov. and descriptions of *Bacteroides* *corporis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *levii* sp. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 15-25.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-1-15)
→
[¤](prevotella.html#intermedia) *Prevotella* *intermedia* (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides intestinalis Bakir ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20intestinalis&restrict=1)) strain 341 = [DSM 17393](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-17393.html) = JCM 13265.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB214328](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB214328&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*intestinum*, gut, intestine; L. suff. - *alis*, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. *intestinalis*, pertaining to the intestine.
Reference: BAKIR (M.A.), KITAHARA (M.), SAKAMOTO (M.), MATSUMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *intestinalis* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 151-154.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63914-0)
[Bacteroides levii (] *ex* Holdeman *et al.* 1977) Johnson and Holdeman 1983, nom. rev., comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20levii&restrict=1)) strain LEV = [ATCC 29147](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29147.aspx)= CCUG 21027 = CCUG 34320 = HAMBI 467 = JCM 13866 = NCTC 11028 = VPI 10450 = VPI 3300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16493](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16493&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonym: "
*Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* subsp. *levii*" Holdeman *et al.* 1977.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*levii*, of Lev, named after Meir Lev, the American-English microbiologist, who first isolated this organism.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *intermedius* comb. nov. and descriptions of *Bacteroides* *corporis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *levii* sp. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 15-25.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-1-15)
→
[¤](porphyromonas.html#levii) *Porphyromonas* *levii* (Johnson and Holdeman 1983) Shah *et al.* 1995, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides loescheii Holdeman and Johnson 1982, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20loescheii&restrict=1)) strain Loesche 8B = [ATCC 15930](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/15930.aspx)= CCUG 5914 = JCM 8530 = JCM 12249 = NCTC 11321 = VPI 9085.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY836508](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY836508&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*loescheii*, of Loesche, named after Walter J. Loesche, an American oral microbiologist.
Reference: HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Description of
*Bacteroides* *loescheii* sp. nov. and emendation of the descriptions of *Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* (Oliver and Wherry) Roy and Kelly 1939 and *Bacteroides* *denticola* Shah and Collins 1981. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 399-409.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-4-399)
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[¤](prevotella.html#loesceii) *Prevotella* *loescheii* (Holdeman and Johnson 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides luti Hatamoto ] *et al.* 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20luti&restrict=1)) UasXn-3=JCM 19020= [DSM 26991](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-26991.html).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA) for the type strain:
[AB787271 ](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB787271 &cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain:
[N/A](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=N/A&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. gen. n.
*luti*, of mud.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: HATAMOTO, M., KANESHIGE, M., NAKAMURA, A. and YAMAGUCHI, T. 2014.
*Bacteroides luti* sp. nov., an anaerobic, cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, **64**, 1770-1774.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.056630-0) [Bacteroides macacae (Slots and Genco 1980) Coykendall ] *et al.* 1980, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20macacae&restrict=1)) strain 7728-L6C = Slots' strain 7728-L6C = [ATCC 33141](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33141.aspx)= [DSM 20710](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20710.html) = JCM 13914 = NCTC 13100.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16494](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16494&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Basonym:
[¤](#melaninogenicussubspmacacae) *Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* subsp. *macacae* Slots and Genco 1980.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*Macaca*, genus name of the macaque; N.L. gen. n. *macacae*, of the macaque.
Reference: COYKENDALL (A.L.), KACZMAREK (F.S.) and SLOTS (J.): Genetic heterogeneity in
*Bacteroides* *asaccharolyticus* (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Finegold and Barnes 1977 (Approved Lists, 1980) and proposal of *Bacteroides* *gingivalis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *macacae* (Slots and Genco) comb. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 559-564.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-3-559)
Note: According to Love 1995,
*Bacteroides* *macacae* (Slots and Genco 1980) Coykendall *et al.* 1980 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](porphyromonas.html#salivosa) *Porphyromonas* *salivosa* Love *et al.* 1992.
Reference: LOVE (D.N.):
*Porphyromonas* *macacae* comb. nov., a consequence of *Bacteroides* *macacae* being a senior synonym of *Porphyromonas* *salivosa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1995, **45**, 90-92.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-1-90)
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[¤](porphyromonas.html#macacae) *Porphyromonas* *macacae* (Slots and Genco 1980) Love 1995, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides massiliensis Fenner ] *et al.* 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20massiliensis&restrict=1)) strain B84634 = CCUG 48901 = CIP 107942 = JCM 13223.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY126616](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY126616&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. adj.
*massiliensis*, of Massilia, the ancient Roman name for Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: FENNER (L.), ROUX (V.), MALLET (M.N.) and RAOULT (D.):
*Bacteroides* *massiliensis* sp. nov., isolated from a blood culture of a newborn. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 1335-1337.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/1335)
[Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20melaninogenicus&restrict=1)) strain Finegold B282 = [ATCC 25845](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25845.aspx)= CCUG 4944 B = CIP 105346 = [DSM 7089](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-7089.html) = JCM 6325 = NCTC 12963 = VPI 4196 = VPI 15087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY323525](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY323525&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacterium* *melaninogenicum*" Oliver and Wherry 1921, " *Hemophilus* *melaninogenicus*" ( *sic*) (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Bergey *et al.* 1930, " *Ristella* *melaninogenica*" (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Prévot 1938, " *Fusiformis* *nigrescens*" Schwabacher *et al.* 1947.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*melaninum*, melanin; N.L. adj. *genicus* - *a* - *um*, producing (probably derived from Gr. n. *genetês*, a begetter); N.L. masc. adj. *melaninogenicus*, melanin producing (black pigment is due to protoheme and not to melanin, as originally thought.).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 OLIVER (W.W.) and WHERRY (W.B.): Notes on some bacterial parasites of the human mucous membranes. *Journal* *of* *Infectious* *Diseases*, 1921, **28**, 341-344. 2 ROY (T.E.) and KELLY (C.D.): Genus VIII. *Bacteroides* Castellani and Chalmers. *In*: BERGEY (D.H.), BREED (R.S.), MURRAY (E.G.D.) and HITCHENS (A.P.) (editors): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, pp. 556-558.]
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*Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Holdeman and Johnson 1982.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20melaninogenicus&restrict=1)) strain Finegold B282 = [ATCC 25845](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25845.aspx)= CCUG 4944 B = CIP 105346 = [DSM 7089](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-7089.html) = JCM 6325 = NCTC 12963 = VPI 4196 = VPI 15087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY323525](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY323525&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*melaninum*, melanin; N.L. adj. *genicus* - *a* - *um*, producing (probably derived from Gr. n. *genetês*, a begetter); N.L. masc. adj. *melaninogenicus*, melanin producing (black pigment is due to protoheme and not to melanin, as originally thought.).
Reference: HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Description of
*Bacteroides* *loescheii* sp. nov. and emendation of the descriptions of *Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* (Oliver and Wherry) Roy and Kelly 1939 and *Bacteroides* *denticola* Shah and Collins 1981. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 399-409.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-4-399)
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[¤](prevotella.html#melaninogenica) *Prevotella* *melaninogenica* (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. intermedius Holdeman and Moore 1970, ] *subspecies*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20melaninogenicus%20intermedius&restrict=1)) strain Finegold B422 = [ATCC 25611](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25611.aspx)= CCUG 24041 = CIP 101222 = CIP 103682 = [DSM 20706](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20706.html) = JCM 12248 = NCTC 13070 = VPI 4197.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X73965](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X73965&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*intermedius*, intermediate.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.): *Bacteroides. In*: E.P. CATO, C.S. CUMMINS, L.V. HOLDEMAN, J.L. JOHNSON, W.E.C. MOORE, R.M. SMIBERT and L.D.S. SMITH (editors): Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970, pp. 33-44.]
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[¤](#intermedius) *Bacteroides* *intermedius* (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Johnson and Holdeman 1983, comb. nov.
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[¤](prevotella.html#intermedia) *Prevotella* *intermedia* (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. macacae Slots and Genco 1980, subsp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20melaninogenicus%20macacae&restrict=1)) strain 7728-L6C = Slots' strain 7728-L6C = [ATCC 33141](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33141.aspx)= CCUG 47703 = [DSM 20710](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20710.html) = JCM 13914 = NCTC 13100 = VPI 10450 = VPI 3300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16494](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16494&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*Macaca*, genus name of the macaque; N.L. gen. n. *macacae*, of the macaque.
Reference: SLOTS (J.) and GENCO (R.J.):
*Bacteroides* *melaninogenicus* subsp. *macacae*, a new subspecies from monkey periodontopathic indigenous microflora. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 82-85.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-82)
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[¤](#macacae) *Bacteroides* *macacae* (Slots and Genco 1980) Coykendall *et al.* 1980, comb. nov.
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[¤](porphyromonas.html#macacae) *Porphyromonas* *macacae* (Slots and Genco 1980) Love 1995, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Holdeman and Moore 1970, ] *subspecies*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20melaninogenicus%20melaninogenicus&restrict=1)) strain Finegold B282 = [ATCC 25845](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25845.aspx)= CCUG 4944 B = CIP 105346 = [DSM 7089](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-7089.html) = JCM 6325 = NCTC 12963 = VPI 4196 = VPI 15087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY323525](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY323525&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*melaninum*, melanin; N.L. adj. *genicus* - *a* - *um*, producing (probably derived from Gr. n. *genetês*, a begetter); N.L. masc. adj. *melaninogenicus*, melanin producing (black pigment is due to protoheme and not to melanin, as originally thought.).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 OLIVER (W.W.) and WHERRY (W.B.): Notes on some bacterial parasites of the human mucous membranes. *Journal* *of* *Infectious* *Diseases*, 1921, **28**, 341-344. 2 ROY (T.E.) and KELLY (C.D.): Genus VIII. *Bacteroides* Castellani and Chalmers. *In*: BERGEY (D.H.), BREED (R.S.), MURRAY (E.G.D.) and HITCHENS (A.P.) (editors): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, pp. 556-558. 3 HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.): *Bacteroides. In*: E.P. CATO, C.S. CUMMINS, L.V. HOLDEMAN, J.L. JOHNSON, W.E.C. MOORE, R.M. SMIBERT and L.D.S. SMITH (editors): Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970, pp. 33-44.]
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[¤](prevotella.html#melaninogenica) *Prevotella* *melaninogenica* (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1988, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides merdae Johnson ] *et al.* 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20merdae&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 43184](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43184.aspx)= CCUG 38734 = CIP 104202 = JCM 9497 = NCTC 13052 = VPI T4-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB238928](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB238928&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. gen. n.
*merdae*, of feces, referring to source of isolate.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.), MOORE (W.E.C.) and MOORE (L.V.H.):
*Bacteroides* *caccae* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *merdae* sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *stercoris* sp. nov. isolated from human feces. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1986, **36**, 499-501.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-4-499)
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[¤](parabacteroides.html#merdae) *Parabacteroides* *merdae* (Johnson *et al.* 1986) Sakamoto and Benno 2006, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides microfusus Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20microfusus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29728](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29728.aspx)= CCUG 54772 = [DSM 15922](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-15922.html) = JCM 2053 = NCTC 11190.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16498](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16498&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. adj.
*mikros*, small; L. n. *fusus*, a spindle; N.L. n. *microfusus* (nominative in apposition), a small spindle (referring to cellular morphology).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [KANEUCHI (C.) and MITSUOKA (T.): Bacteroides microfusus, a new species from the intestines of calves, chickens, and Japanese quails. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 478-481](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-28-4-478).]
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[¤](rikenella.html#microfusus) *Rikenella* *microfusus* (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978) Collins *et al.* 1985, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides multiacidus Mitsuoka ] *et al.* 1974, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20multiacidus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 27723](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/27723.aspx)= CCUG 21055 = CIP 107116 = [DSM 20544](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20544.html) = NCTC 10934 = JCM 2054.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X81878](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X81878&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. adj.
*multus* - *a* - *um*, many; L. adj. *acidus* - *a* - *um*, sour; N.L. masc. adj. *multiacidus*, producing much acid.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [MITSUOKA (T.), TERADA (A.), WATANABE (K.) and UCHIDA (K.): Bacteroides multiacidus, a new species from the feces of humans and pigs. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1974, 24, 35-41](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-24-1-35).]
Note: The specific epithet
*multiacidus* ( *sic*) has been corrected in the new combination *Mitsuokella* *multacida* [see, [¤](mitsuokella.html#multiacidus) *Mitsuokella* *multacida* corrig. (Mitsuoka *et al.* 1974) Shah and Collins 1983, comb. nov.]. However the name " *Bacteroides* *multacidus*" corrig. has never been formally proposed before December 14, 2000 (date of publication of the [amended Rule 61](-foreword.html#corrigendum); see *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2000, **50**, page 2239, column 2). Consequently, in the "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature", the epithet *multiacidus* ( *sic*) has been maintained for *Bacteroides* *multiacidus*.
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[¤](mitsuokella.html#multiacidus) *Mitsuokella* *multacida* corrig. (Mitsuoka *et al.* 1974) Shah and Collins 1983, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) Mraz 1963, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20nodosus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 25549](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25549.aspx)= CCUG 27824 = CIP 107042.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[JN175347](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=JN175347&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "Organism K" Beveridge 1938, "
*Fusiformis* *nodosus*" Beveridge 1941, " *Ristella* *nodosa*" (Beveridge 1941) Prévot 1948.
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*nodosus*, full of knots, refers to the shape of the cells.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 BEVERIDGE (W.I.B.): Foot-rot in sheep: A transmissible disease due to infection with *Fusiformis* *nodosus* (n. sp.). Studies on its causes, epidemiology and control. *Council* *of* *Scientific* *Industrial* *Research* *Australian* *Bulletin*, 1941, **140**, 1-56. 2 MRAZ (O.): *Schizomycetes. In*: O. MRAZ, J. TESARCIK and R. VAREJKA (editors): Nomina und Synonyma der pathogenen und saprophytaren Mikroben, isoliert aus den wirtschaftlich oder epidemiologisch bedeutenden Wirbeltieren und Lebensmitteen tierischer Herkunf, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1963, pp. 53-334.]
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[¤](dichelobacter.html#nodosus) *Dichelobacter* *nodosus* (Beveridge 1941) Dewhirst *et al.* 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides nordii Song ] *et al.* 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20nordii&restrict=1)) strain WAL 11050 = [ATCC BAA-998](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/BAA-998.aspx) = CCUG 48943 = JCM 12987.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY608697](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY608697&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*nordii*, of Nord, to honor Carl Erik Nord, who has contributed so much to our kwowledge of anaerobic bacteriology in general and intestinal bacteriology.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 103.
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 983-985. [SONG (Y.L.), LIU (C.X.), McTEAGUE (M.) and FINEGOLD (S.M.): " *Bacteroides* *nordii*" sp. nov. and " *Bacteroides* *salyersae*" sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens of human intestinal origin. *J. Clin. Microbiol.*, 2004, **42**, 5565-5570.]
[Validation List no. 103 in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/983) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.12.5565-5570.2004)
[Bacteroides ochraceus (Prévot ] *et al.* 1956) Holdeman and Moore 1972, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20ochraceus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 27872](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/27872.aspx)= CCUG 9716 = CIP 103448 = [DSM 7271](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-7271.html) = NCTC 12371.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[CP001632](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP001632&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Synonyms: "
*Fusiformis* *nucleatus* var. *ochraceus*" Prévot *et al.* 1956, " *Ristella* *ochraceus*" ( *sic*) (Prévot 1956) Sebald 1962.
Etymology: L. n.
*ochra*, ochre, yellow ochre; N.L. masc. adj. *ochraceus*, of the color of ochre.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [PRÉVOT (A.R.), TARDIEUX (P.), JOUBERT (L.) and DE CADORE (F.): Recherches sur *Fusiformis* *nucleatus* (Knorr) et son pouvoir pathogène pour l'homme et les animaux. *Annales* *de* *l'Institut* *Pasteur* ( *Paris*), 1956, **91**, 787-798.]
Note: On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as
*Bacteroides* *ochraceus* Prévot *et al.* 1956 ( *sic*).
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[¤](capnocytophaga.html#ochracea) *Capnocytophaga* *ochracea* (Prévot *et al.* 1956) Leadbetter *et al.* 1982, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides oleiciplenus Watanabe ] *et al.* 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20oleiciplenus&restrict=1)) strain YIT 12058 = [DSM 22535](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-22535.html) = JCM 16102.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB490803](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB490803&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*acidum* *oleicum*, oleic acid; L. adj. *plenus*, full of, abounding in; N.L. masc. adj. *oleiciplenus*, abounding in oleic acid, referring to the cellular fatty acid composition.
Reference: WATANABE (Y.), NAGAI (F.), MOROTOMI (M.), SAKON (H.) and TANAKA (R.):
*Bacteroides* *clarus* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *fluxus* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *oleiciplenus* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 1864-1869.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015107-0)
[Bacteroides oralis Loesche ] *et al.* 1964, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20oralis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33269](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33269.aspx)= CCUG 15408 = [DSM 20702](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20702.html) = JCM 12251 = NCTC 11459 = VPI D27B-24.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY323522](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY323522&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonym: "
*Ristella* *oralis*" (Loesche *et al.* 1964) Prévot *et al.* 1967.
Etymology: L. n.
*os* *oris*, the mouth; L. masc. suff. - *alis*, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. *oralis*, pertaining to the mouth.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [LOESCHE (W.J.), SOCRANSKY (S.S.) and GIBBONS (R.J.): Bacteroides oralis, proposed new species isolated from the oral cavity of man. Journal of Bacteriology, 1964, 88, 1329-1337](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/5/1329).]
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[¤](prevotella.html#oralis) *Prevotella* *oralis* (Loesche *et al.* 1964) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides oris Holdeman ] *et al.* 1982, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20oris&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33573](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33573.aspx)= CCUG 15405 = CIP 104480 = JCM 8540 = JCM 12252 = NCTC 13071 = VPI D1A-1A.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16474](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16474&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*os* *oris*, the mouth; L. gen. n. *oris*, of the mouth, referring to a major natural habitat of the species.
Reference: HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), CHURN (P.J.) and JOHNSON (J.L.):
*Bacteroides* *oris* and *Bacteroides* *buccae*, new species from human periodontitis and other human infections. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 125-131.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-1-125)
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[¤](prevotella.html#oris) *Prevotella* *oris* (Holdeman *et al.* 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides oulorum Shah ] *et al.* 1985, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20oulorum&restrict=1)) strain WPH 179 = [ATCC 43324](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43324.aspx)= CCUG 54769 = CIP 104477 = JCM 14966 = NCTC 11871.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16472](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16472&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*oulon*, the gums; N.L. gen. pl. n. *oulorum*, of the gums.
Reference: SHAH (H.N.), COLLINS (M.D.), WATABE (J.) and MITSUOKA (T.):
*Bacteroides* *oulorum* sp. nov., a nonpigmented saccharolytic species from the oral cavity. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1985, **35**, 193-197.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-2-193)
Note: There are some problems with the type strain of
*Prevotella* *oulorum*. According to the [CCUG](http://www.ccug.se/), the type strain should be the following: Holbrook 179 = WPH 179 = [ATCC 43324](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43324.aspx)= CCUG 54769 = JCM 14966 = NCTC 12747.
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[¤](prevotella.html#oulorum) *Prevotella* *oulorum* corrig. (Shah *et al.* 1985) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides ovatus Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20ovatus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 8483](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/8483.aspx)= BCRC (formerly CCRC) 10623 = CCUG 4943 = CIP 103756 = [DSM 1896](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-1896.html) = JCM 5824 = NCTC 11153.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB050108](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB050108&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Pasteurella* *ovata*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *ovatum*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Bacteroides* *fragilis* subsp. *ovatus*" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1970.
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*ovatus*, ovate, egg-shaped (relating to the cellular shape).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [EGGERTH (A.H.) and GAGNON (B.H.): The bacteroides of human feces. Journal of Bacteriology, 1933, 25, 389-413](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/25/4/389).]
[Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus Ueki ] *et al.* 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20paurosaccharolyticus&restrict=1)) strain WK042 = [DSM 21004](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-21004.html) = JCM 15092.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB298727](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB298727&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. adj.
*pauros*, little or a few; Gr. n. *sakchâr*, sugar; Gr. adj. *lutikos*, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. *paurosaccharolyticus*, dissolving a few kinds of sugars.
Reference: UEKI (A.), ABE (K.), OHTAKI (Y.), KAKU (N.), WATANABE (K.) and UEKI (K.):
*Bacteroides* *paurosaccharolyticus* sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2011, **61**, 448-453.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.022566-0)
[Bacteroides pectinophilus Jensen and Canale-Parola 1987, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20pectinophilus&restrict=1)) strain N3 = [ATCC 43243](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43243.aspx).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[ABVQ01000036](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=ABVQ01000036&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (whole genome shotgun sequence).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*pectinum*, pectin; N.L. adj. *philus* - *a* - *um* (from Gr. adj. *philos* - *ê* - *on*), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. *pectinophilus*, pectin-loving.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 23.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1987, **37**, 179-180. [JENSEN (N.S.) and CANALE-PAROLA (E.): *Bacteroides* *pectinophilus* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *galacturonicus* sp. nov.: two pectinolytic bacteria from the human intestinal tract. *Appl. Environ. Microbiol.*, 1986, **52**, 880-887.]
[Validation List no. 23 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-2-179) - [Effective publication Online](http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/52/4/880)
[Bacteroides pentosaceus Shah and Collins 1982, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20pentosaceus&restrict=1)) strain NCDO 2353.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n.
*pentosum*, a pentose sugar; N.L. masc. adj. *pentosaceus*, relating to a pentose.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 8.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 266-268. [SHAH (H.N.) and COLLINS (M.D.): *Bacteroides* *buccalis*, sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *denticola*, sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus*, sp. nov., new species of the genus *Bacteroides* from the oral cavity. *Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1* *Orig.*, 1981, **C2**, 235-241.]
[Validation List no. 8 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-2-266)
Note: The strain NCDO 2353, cited in Validation List no. 8, does not appear in the
[UKNCC Strain databases](http://www.ukncc.co.uk/html/Databases/search.asp) or in [The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains](http://www.ncimb.co.uk/).
→
[¤](#buccae) *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et al.* 1982.
Note: According to Johnson and Holdeman 1985,
*Bacteroides* *pentosaceus* Shah and Collins 1982 is a later heterotypic synonym of [¤](#buccae) *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et al.* 1982.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *capillus* Kornman and Holt and *Bacteroides* *pentosaceus* Shah and Collins, later synonyms of *Bacteroides* *buccae* Holdeman *et* *al. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1985, **35**, 114.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-1-114)
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[¤](prevotella.html#buccae) *Prevotella* *buccae* (Holdeman *et al.* 1982) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides plebeius Kitahara ] *et al.* 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20plebeius&restrict=1)) strain M12 = [DSM 17135](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-17135.html) = JCM 12973.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB200217](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB200217&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*plebeius*, common, of low class.
Reference: KITAHARA (M.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IKE (M.), SAKATA (S.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *plebeius* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *coprocola* sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 2143-2147.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/2143)
[Bacteroides pneumosintes (Olitsky and Gates 1921) Holdeman and Moore 1970, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20pneumosintes&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33048](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33048.aspx)= CCUG 21025 = CIP 107041 = [DSM 11619](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-11619.html) = JCM 10004.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X82500](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X82500&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacterium* *pneumosintes*" Olitsky and Gates 1921, " *Dialister* *pneumosintes*" (Olitsky and Gates 1921) Bergey *et al.* 1923, " *Bacillus* *pneumosintes*" (Olitsky and Gates 1921) Ford 1927, " *Dialister* *pneumosintes* var. *septicemiae*" Hauduroy *et al.* 1953.
Etymology: Gr. n.
*pneuma*, wind, breathed air; Gr. n. *sintes*, a spoiler, thief; N.L. masc. adj. *pneumosintes*, breath destroying.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 OLITSKY (P.K.) and GATES (F.L.): Experimental studies of the nasopharyngeal secretions from influenza patients. *Journal* *of* *Experimental* *Medicine*, 1921, **33**, 713-729. 2 HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.). *In*: E.P. CATO, C.S. CUMMINS, L.V. HOLDEMAN, J.L. JOHNSON, W.E.C. MOORE, R.M. SMIBERT and L.D.S. SMITH (editors): Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970.]
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[¤](dialister.html#pneumosintes) *Dialister* *pneumosintes* (Olitsky and Gates 1921) Moore and Moore 1994, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides polypragmatus Patel and Breuil 1982, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20polypragmatus&restrict=1)) strain GP4 = NRC 2288.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: Gr.
*polypragmâtos*, busy about many things; N.L. masc. adj. *polypragmatus*, versatile (reflecting its activity on many carbohydrates).
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 8.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 266-268. [PATEL (G.B.) and BREUIL (C.): Isolation and characterization of *Bacteroides* *polypragmatus* sp. nov., an isolate which produces carbon dioxide, hydrogen and acetic acid during growth on various organic substrates. *In*: M. MOO-YOUNG and C.W. ROBINSON (editors), Advances in Biotechnology, Pergamon Press, Toronto, 1981, p. 291-296.]
[Validation List no. 8 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-2-266)
Note: The type strain NRC 2288 is not available (NRC = NRCC no longer operating).
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names.
*Syst. Appl. Microbiol.*, 2013, **36**, 69-73.
[Publication online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2012.12.006)
[Bacteroides praeacutus (Tissier 1908) Holdeman and Moore 1970, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20praeacutus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 25539](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/25539.aspx)= CCUG 27825 = LMG 8203 = NCIMB 703038 = NCTC 11158.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X80832](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X80832&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Coccobacillus* *praeacutus*" Tissier 1908, " *Zuberella* *praeacuta*" (Tissier 1908) Prévot 1938, " *Fusobacterium* *praeacutum*" (Tissier 1908) Hoffman 1957.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj.
*praecutus*, sharpened to a point, sharpened.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 TISSIER (H.): Recherches sur la flore intestinale normale des enfants âgés d'un an à cinq ans. *Annales* *de* *l'Institut* *Pasteur* ( *Paris*), 1908, **22**, 189-208. 2 HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.). *In*: E.P. CATO, C.S. CUMMINS, L.V. HOLDEMAN, J.L. JOHNSON, W.E.C. MOORE, R.M. SMIBERT and L.D.S. SMITH (editors): Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970.]
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[¤](tissierella.html#praeacuta) *Tissierella* *praeacuta* (Tissier 1908) Collins and Shah 1986, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides propionicifaciens Ueki ] *et al.* 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20propionicifaciens&restrict=1)) strain SV434 = [DSM 19291](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-19291.html) = JCM 14649.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB264625](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB264625&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*acidum* *propionicum*, propionic acid; L. v. *facio*, to make; N.L. part. adj. *propionicifaciens*, propionic acid-producing.
Reference: UEKI (A.), ABE (K.), KAKU (N.), WATANABE (K.) and UEKI (K.):
*Bacteroides* *propionicifaciens* sp. nov., isolated from rice-straw residue in a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2008, **58**, 346-352.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65486-0)
[Bacteroides putredinis (Weinberg ] *et al.* 1937) Kelly 1957, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20putredinis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29800](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29800.aspx)= CIP 104286.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16497](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16497&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacillus* *putredinis*" Weinberg *et al.* 1937, " *Ristella* *putredinis*" (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *putredinis*" (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Krasil'nikov 1949.
Etymology: L. n.
*putredo* - *inis*, rottenness, putridity; L. gen. n. *putredinis*, of putridity.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 WEINBERG (M.), NATIVELLE (R.) and PRÉVOT (A.R.): Les Microbes Anaérobies, Masson et Cie, Paris, 1937, pp. 1-1186. 2 KELLY (C.D.): Genus I. *Bacteroides* Castellani and Chalmers 1919. *In*: R.S. BREED, E.G.D. MURRAY and N.R. SMITH (editors): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, pp. 424-436.]
→
[¤](alistipes.html#putredinis) *Alistipes* *putredinis* (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Rautio *et al.* 2003, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides pyogenes Benno ] *et al.* 1983, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20pyogenes&restrict=1)) strain P 39-88 = [ATCC 35418](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35418.aspx)= CCUG 15419 = [DSM 20611](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20611.html) = JCM 6294.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB200229](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB200229&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*puon* (Latin transliteration *pyum*), discharge from a sore, pus; N.L. suff. - *genes* (from Gr. v. *gennaô*, to produce) producing; N.L. adj. *pyogenes*, pus-producing.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 12.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 896-897. [BENNO (Y.), WATABE (J.) and MITSUOKA (T.): *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *suis* sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *helcogenes* sp. nov., new species from abscesses and feces of pigs. *Syst. Appl. Microbiol.*, 1983, **4**, 396-407.]
[Validation List no. 12 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-4-896) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(83)80024-1)
[→ ] *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* Benno *et al.* 1983 emend. Sakamoto *et al.* 2010.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20pyogenes&restrict=1)) strain P 39-88 = [ATCC 35418](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35418.aspx)= CCUG 15419 = [DSM 20611](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20611.html) = JCM 6294.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB200229](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB200229&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: Gr. n.
*puon* (Latin transliteration *pyum*), discharge from a sore, pus; N.L. suff. - *genes* (from Gr. v. *gennaô*, to produce) producing; N.L. adj. *pyogenes*, pus-producing.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.), SUZUKI (N.) and BENNO (Y.):
*hsp60* and 16S rRNA gene sequence relationships among species of the genus *Bacteroides* with the finding that *Bacteroides* *suis* and *Bacteroides* *tectus* are heterotypic synonyms of *Bacteroides* *pyogenes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 2984-2990.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.021154-0)
Note: According to Sakamoto
*et al.* 2010, *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* Benno *et al.* 1983 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](#suis) *Bacteroides* *suis* Benno *et al.* 1983, and an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](#tectus) *Bacteroides* *tectus* corrig. Love *et al.* 1986.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.), SUZUKI (N.) and BENNO (Y.):
*hsp60* and 16S rRNA gene sequence relationships among species of the genus *Bacteroides* with the finding that *Bacteroides* *suis* and *Bacteroides* *tectus* are heterotypic synonyms of *Bacteroides* *pyogenes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 2984-2990.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.021154-0)
[Bacteroides reticulotermitis Sakamoto and Ohkuma 2013, sp. nov.
]
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20reticulotermitis&restrict=1)) strain Rs-03 = CCUG 62153 = JCM 10512.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB692943](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB692943&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n.
*reticulotermitis*, of *Reticulitermes*, the genus of the termite from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *reticulotermitis* sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a subterranean termite ( *Reticulitermes* *speratus*). *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2013, **63**, 691-695.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.040931-0)
[Bacteroides rodentium Kitahara ] *et al.* 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20rodentium&restrict=1)) strain ST28 = CCUG 59334 = JCM 16496.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB531489](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB531489&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. pl. gen. n.
*rodentium* (from L. part. adj. *rodens* - *entis*, gnawing) of rodents, of gnawing animals.
Reference: KITAHARA (M.), TSUCHIDA (S.), KAWASUMI (K.), AMAO (H.), SAKAMOTO (M.), BENNO (Y.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *chinchillae* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *rodentium* sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla ( *Chinchilla* *lanigera*) faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2011, **61**, 877-881.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.024026-0)
[Bacteroides ruminicola Bryant ] *et al.* 1958, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20ruminicola&restrict=1)) strain Bryant 23 = [ATCC 19189](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/19189.aspx)= CIP 105475 = JCM 8958.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16482](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16482&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonym: "
*Ruminobacter* *ruminicola*" (Bryant *et al.* 1958) Prévot 1966.
Etymology: L. n.
*rumen* - *inis*, first stomach of ruminants, rumen; L. suff. - *cola* (from L. n. *incola*), inhabitant, deweller; N.L. n. *ruminicola*, inhabitant of the rumen.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [BRYANT (M.P.), SMALL (N.), BOUMA (C.) and CHU (H.): Bacteroides ruminicola n. sp. and the new genus and species Succinimonas amylolytica. Species of succinic acid-producing anaerobic bacteria of the bovine rumen. Journal of Bacteriology, 1958, 76, 15-23.](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/76/1/15)]
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[¤](prevotella.html#ruminicola) *Prevotella* *ruminicola* (Bryant *et al.* 1958) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides ruminicola subsp. brevis Bryant ] *et al.* 1958, *subspecies*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20ruminicola%20brevis&restrict=1)) strain GA33 = [ATCC 19188](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/19188.aspx)= CIP 105473.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AJ011682](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AJ011682&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*brevis*, short.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [BRYANT (M.P.), SMALL (N.), BOUMA (C.) and CHU (H.): Bacteroides ruminicola n. sp. and the new genus and species Succinimonas amylolytica. Species of succinic acid-producing anaerobic bacteria of the bovine rumen. Journal of Bacteriology, 1958, 76, 15-23.](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/76/1/15)]
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[¤](prevotella.html#brevis) *Prevotella* *brevis* (Bryant *et al.* 1958) Avgustin *et al.* 1997, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides ruminicola subsp. ruminicola Bryant ] *et al.* 1958, *subspecies*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20ruminicola%20ruminicola&restrict=1)) strain Bryant 23 = [ATCC 19189](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/19189.aspx)= CIP 105475 = JCM 8958.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16482](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16482&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*rumen* - *inis*, first stomach of ruminants, rumen; L. suff. - *cola* (from L. n. *incola*), inhabitant, deweller; N.L. n. *ruminicola*, inhabitant of the rumen.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [BRYANT (M.P.), SMALL (N.), BOUMA (C.) and CHU (H.): Bacteroides ruminicola n. sp. and the new genus and species Succinimonas amylolytica. Species of succinic acid-producing anaerobic bacteria of the bovine rumen. Journal of Bacteriology, 1958, 76, 15-23](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/76/1/15).]
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[¤](prevotella.html#ruminicola) *Prevotella* *ruminicola* (Bryant *et al.* 1958) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides salanitronis Lan ] *et al.* 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20salanitronis&restrict=1)) strain BL78 = [DSM 18170](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18170.html) = JCM 13657.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[CP002530](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP002530&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*salanitronis*, of Salanitro, named after Joseph P. Salanitro, an American microbiologist, who has contributed much to our knowledge of intestinal bacteriology in chicken and anaerobic bacteriology in general.
Reference: LAN (P.T.N.), SAKAMOTO (M.), SAKATA (S.) and BENNO (Y.):
*Bacteroides* *barnesiae* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *salanitronis* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *gallinarum* sp. nov., isolated from chicken caecum. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2006, **56**, 2853-2859.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64517-0)
[Bacteroides salivosus Love ] *et al.* 1987, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20salivosus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 49407](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/49407.aspx)= NCTC 11632 = VPB 157.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L26103](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L26103&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*salivosus*, resembling saliva, slimy.
Reference: LOVE (D.N.), JOHNSON (J.L.), JONES (R.F.) and CALVERLEY (A.):
*Bacteroides* *salivosus* sp. nov., an asaccharolytic, black-pigmented species from cats. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1987, **37**, 307-309.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-4-307)
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[¤](porphyromonas.html#salivosa) *Porphyromonas* *salivosa* (Love *et al.* 1987) Love *et al.* 1992, comb. nov.
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[¤](porphyromonas.html#macacae) *Porphyromonas* *macacae* (Slots and Genco 1980) Love 1995, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides salyersiae corrig. Song ] *et al.* 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20salyersiae&restrict=1)) strain WAL 10018 = [ATCC BAA-997](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/BAA-997.aspx) = CCUG 48945 = JCM 12988.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AY608696](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AY608696&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n.
*salyersiae*, of Salyers, to honour Abigail Salyers, who has contributed so much to our knowledge of intestinal bacteriology and anaerobic bacteriology in general.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 103.
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 983-985. [SONG (Y.L.), LIU (C.X.), McTEAGUE (M.) and FINEGOLD (S.M.): " *Bacteroides* *nordii*" sp. nov. and " *Bacteroides* *salyersae*" sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens of human intestinal origin. *J. Clin. Microbiol.*, 2004, **42**, 5565-5570.]
[Validation List no. 103 in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/983) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.12.5565-5570.2004)
Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet,
*salyersae* ( *sic*), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 103 (footnote §).
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2005, **55**, 983-985.
[Validation List no. 103 in IJSEM Online](http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/983)
[Bacteroides sartorii Clavel ] *et al.* 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20sartorii&restrict=1)) strain A-C2-0 = CCUG 57211 = [DSM 21941](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-21941.html) = JCM 17136.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[GQ456204](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=GQ456204&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*sartorii*, of Sartor, in honour of Balfour Sartor, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of microbial ecology in IBD.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 134.
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 1477-1479 [CLAVEL (T.), SAALFRANK (A.), CHARRIER (C.) and HALLER (D.): Isolation of bacteria from mouse caecal samples and description of *Bacteroides* *sartorii* sp. nov. *Arch. Microbiol.*, 2010, **192**, 427-435.]
[Validation List no. 134 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.026252-0) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-010-0568-6)
[→ ] *Bacteroides* *sartorii* Clavel *et al.* 2010 emend. Sakamoto and Ohkuma 2012.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20sartorii&restrict=1)) strain A-C2-0 = CCUG 57211 = [DSM 21941](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-21941.html) = JCM 17136.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[GQ456204](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=GQ456204&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n.
*sartorii*, of Sartor, in honour of Balfour Sartor, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of microbial ecology in IBD.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *sartorii* is an earlier heterotypic synonym of *Bacteroides* *chinchillae* and has priority. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2012, **62**, 1241-1244.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.035659-0)
Note: According to Sakamoto and Ohkuma,
*Bacteroides* *sartorii* Clavel *et al.* 2010 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of [¤](#chinchillae) *Bacteroides* *chinchillae* Kitahara *et al.* 2011.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *sartorii* is an earlier heterotypic synonym of *Bacteroides* *chinchillae* and has priority. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2012, **62**, 1241-1244.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.035659-0)
[Bacteroides splanchnicus Werner ] *et al.* 1975, *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20splanchnicus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29572](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29572.aspx)= CCUG 21054 A = CIP 104287 = [DSM 20712](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20712.html) = JCM 15291 = LMG 8202 = NCTC 10825.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[CP002544](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP002544&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Etymology: Gr. pl. n.
*splanchna*, the "innards"; L. masc. suff. - *icus*, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. *splanchnicus*, pertaining to the internal organs (referring to the source of isolation).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [WERNER (H.), RINTELEN (G.) and KUNSTEK-SANTOS (H.): A new butyric acid-producing *Bacteroides* species: *B. splanchnicus* n. sp. *Zentralblatt* *für* *Bakteriologie*, *Parasitenkunde*, *Infektionskrankheiten* *und* *Hygiene. Abteilung* *I*, 1975, **231**, 133-144.]
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[¤](odoribacter.html#splanchnicus) *Odoribacter* *splanchnicus* (Werner *et al.* 1975) Hardam *et al.* 2008, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides stercorirosoris Kitahara ] *et al.* 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20stercorirosoris&restrict=1)) strain ST161 = CCUG 60872 = JCM 17103.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB574481](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB574481&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*stercus* - *oris*, dung, excrement; L. n. *rosor* - *oris*, a rodent; N.L. gen. n. *stercorirosoris*, of/from rodent excrement.
Reference: KITAHARA (M.), SAKAMOTO (M.), TSUCHIDA (S.), KAWASUMI (K.), AMAO (H.), BENNO (Y.) and OHKUMA (M.):
*Bacteroides* *stercorirosoris* sp. nov. and *Bacteroides* *faecichinchillae* sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla ( *Chinchilla* *lanigera*) faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2012, **62**, 1145-1150.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.032706-0)
[Bacteroides stercoris Johnson ] *et al.* 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20stercoris&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 43183](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43183.aspx)= CCUG 38733 = CIP 104203 = JCM 9496 = NCTC 13053 = VPI B5-21.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[X83953](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=X83953&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. n.
*stercus* - *oris*, dung, excrements, feces; L. gen. n. *stercoris*, of feces, referring to source of isolate.
Reference: JOHNSON (J.L.), MOORE (W.E.C.) and MOORE (L.V.H.):
*Bacteroides* *caccae* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *merdae* sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *stercoris* sp. nov. isolated from human feces. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1986, **36**, 499-501.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-4-499)
[Bacteroides succinogenes Hungate 1950, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20succinogenes&restrict=1)) strain S85 = [ATCC 19169](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/19169.aspx).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AJ496032](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AJ496032&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonym: "
*Ruminobacter* *succinogenes*" (Hungate 1950) Prévot 1966.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*acidum* *succinicum*, succinic acid; N.L. suff. - *genes* (from Gr. v. *gennaô*, to produce), producing; N.L. part. adj. *succinogenes*, succinic acid producing.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [HUNGATE (R.E.): The anaerobic mesophilic cellulolytic bacteria. Bacteriological Reviews, 1950, 14, 1-49.](http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/reprint/14/1/1)]
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[¤](fibrobacter.html#succinogenes) *Fibrobacter* *succinogenes* (Hungate 1950) Montgomery *et al.* 1988, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides suis Benno ] *et al.* 1983, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20suis&restrict=1)) strain P 38024 = [ATCC 35419](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35419.aspx)= [DSM 20612](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20612.html) = CCUG 15420 = JCM 6292.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB542769](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB542769&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) ( [ATCC 35419](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/35419.aspx), [AB542770](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB542770&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (CCUG 15420).
Etymology: L. n.
*sus*, swine, pig; L. gen. n. *suis*, of the pig.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 12.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 896-897. [BENNO (Y.), WATABE (J.) and MITSUOKA (T.): *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* sp. nov., *Bacteroides* *suis* sp. nov., and *Bacteroides* *helcogenes* sp. nov., new species from abscesses and feces of pigs. *Syst. Appl. Microbiol.*, 1983, **4**, 396-407.]
[Validation List no. 12 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-4-896) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(83)80024-1)
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[¤](#pyogenes) *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* Benno *et al.* 1983.
Note: According to Sakamoto
*et al.* 2010, *Bacteroides* *suis* Benno *et al.* 1983 is a later heterotypic synonym of [¤](#pyogenes) *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* Benno *et al.* 1983.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.), SUZUKI (N.) and BENNO (Y.):
*hsp60* and 16S rRNA gene sequence relationships among species of the genus *Bacteroides* with the finding that *Bacteroides* *suis* and *Bacteroides* *tectus* are heterotypic synonyms of *Bacteroides* *pyogenes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 2984-2990.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.021154-0)
[Bacteroides tectus corrig. Love ] *et al.* 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20tectus&restrict=1)) strain 160 = [ATCC 43331](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/43331.aspx)= CCUG 25929 = JCM 10003 = NCTC 11853.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB200228](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB200228&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*tectus* (from L. v. *tego*), secret, concealed, hidden, referring to difficulty in species identification.
Reference: LOVE (D.N.), JOHNSON (J.L.), JONES (R.F.), BAILEY (M.) and CALVERLEY (A.):
*Bacteroides* *tectum* sp. nov. and characteristics of other non pigmented *Bacteroides* isolates from soft-tissue infections from cats and dogs. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1986, **36**, 123-128.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-2-123)
Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet,
*tectum* ( *sic*), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.): Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision).
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1998, **48**, 1073-1075.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-1073)
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[¤](#pyogenes) *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* Benno *et al.* 1983.
Note: According to Sakamoto
*et al.* 2010, *Bacteroides* *tectus* corrig. Love *et al.* 1986 is a later heterotypic synonym of ¤ *Bacteroides* *pyogenes* Benno *et al.* 1983.
Reference: SAKAMOTO (M.), SUZUKI (N.) and BENNO (Y.):
*hsp60* and 16S rRNA gene sequence relationships among species of the genus *Bacteroides* with the finding that *Bacteroides* *suis* and *Bacteroides* *tectus* are heterotypic synonyms of *Bacteroides* *pyogenes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 2984-2990.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.021154-0)
[Bacteroides termitidis (Sebald 1962) Holdeman and Moore 1970, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20termitidis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33386](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33386.aspx)= NCTC 11300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[CP001739](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP001739&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Synonym: "
*Sphaerophorus* *siccus* var. *termitidis*" Sebald 1962.
Etymology: L. n.
*termes* - *itis*, wood-eating worm; N.L. masc. adj. *termitidis*, pertaining to the termite.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 SEBALD (M.): Étude sur les bactéries anaérobies gram-négatives asporulées. Thèses de l'Université Paris, Imprimerie Barnéoud S.A. Laval, France, 1962, pp. 1-171. 2 HOLDEMAN (L.V.) and MOORE (W.E.C.). *In*: E.P. CATO, C.S. CUMMINS, L.V. HOLDEMAN, J.L. JOHNSON, W.E.C. MOORE, R.M. SMIBERT and L.D.S. SMITH (editors): Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970.]
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[¤](sebaldella.html#termitidis) *Sebaldella* *termitidis* (Sebald 1962) Collins and Shah 1986, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso 1912) Castellani and Chalmers 1919, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20thetaiotaomicron&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 29148](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/29148.aspx)= CCUG 10774 = CIP 104206 = [DSM 2079](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-2079.html) = JCM 5827 = NCTC 10582 = VPI 5482.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AE015928](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AE015928&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Synonyms: "
*Bacillus* *thetaiotaomicron*" Distaso 1912, " *Sphaerocillus* *thetaiotaomicron*" (Distaso 1912) Prévot 1938, " *Pseudobacterium* *thetaiotaomicron*" (Distaso 1912) Krasil'nikov 1949, " *Bacteroides* *fragilis* subsp. *thetaiotaomicron*" (Distaso 1912) Holdeman and Moore 1970.
Etymology: N.L. n.
*thetaiotaomicron*, a combination of the Greek letters *theta*, *iota* and *omicron* (relating to the morphology of vacuolated forms).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [1 DISTASO (A.): Contribution à l'étude sur l'intoxication intestinale. *Zentralblatt* *für* *Bakteriologie*, *Parasitenkunde*, *Infektionskrankheiten* *und* *Hygiene. Abteilung* *I*, 1912, **62**, 433-468. 2 [CASTELLANI (A.) and CHALMERS (A.J.): Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed., Williams Wood and Co., New York, 1919.](http://openlibrary.org/details/manualoftropical00cast)]
[Bacteroides uniformis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20uniformis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 8492](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/8492.aspx)= CCUG 4942 = CIP 103695 = [DSM 6597](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-6597.html) = JCM 5828 = NCTC 13054.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AB050110](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AB050110&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*uniformis*, having only one shape or form, uniform.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [EGGERTH (A.H.) and GAGNON (B.H.): The bacteroides of human feces. Journal of Bacteriology, 1933, 25, 389-413.](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/25/4/389)]
[Bacteroides ureolyticus Jackson and Goodman 1978, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20ureolyticus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33387](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33387.aspx)= CCUG 7319 = [DSM 20703](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20703.html) = LMG 6451 = NCTC 10941.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L04321](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L04321&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n.
*urea*, urea; N.L. masc. adj. *lyticus* (from Gr. masc. adj. *lutikos*), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. *ureolyticus*, urea dissolving.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [JACKSON (F.L.) and GOODMAN (Y.E.): Bacteroides ureolyticus, a new species to accomodate strains previously identified as "Bacteroides corrodens, anaerobic". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 197-200](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-28-2-197).]
Note: According to Vandamme
*et al.*, *Bacteroides* *ureolyticus* Jackson and Goodman 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) is clearly a member of the family [¤](campylobacteraceae.html) *Campylobacteraceae* Vandamme and De Ley 1991. However, the authors do not believe that it should be renamed at this time and prefer to consider this taxon a species *incertae* *sedis*. In 2010, Vandamme *et al.* propose to reclassify this *species* *incertae* sedis into the genus [¤](campylobacter.html) *Campylobacter* as [¤](campylobacter.html#ureolyticus) *Campylobacter* *ureolyticus* (Jackson and Goodman 1978) Vandamme *et al.* 2010, comb. nov. (see below).
References:
1 VANDAMME (P.), DANESHVAR (M.I.), DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), KERSTERS (K.), GOOSSENS (H.) and MOSS (C.W.): Chemotaxonomic analyses of
*Bacteroides* *gracilis* and *Bacteroides* *ureolyticus* and reclassification of *B. gracilis* as *Campylobacter* *gracilis* comb. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1995, **45**, 145-152.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-1-145)
2 VANDAMME (P.), DEBRUYNE (L.), DE BRANDT (E.) and FALSEN (E.): Reclassification of
*Bacteroides* *ureolyticus* as *Campylobacter* *ureolyticus* comb. nov., and emended description of the genus *Campylobacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2010, **60**, 2016-2022.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.017152-0)
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[¤](campylobacter.html#ureolyticus) *Campylobacter* *ureolyticus* (Jackson and Goodman 1978) Vandamme *et al.* 2010, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides veroralis Watabe ] *et al.* 1983, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20veroralis&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33779](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33779.aspx)= CCUG 15422 = JCM 6290 = VPI D22A-7.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16473](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16473&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: L. adj.
*verus*, true; N.L. masc. adj. *oralis*, pertaining to the mouth and also a specific epithet; N.L. masc. adj. *veroralis*, the true ( *Bacteroides*) *oralis*.
Reference: WATABE (J.), BENNO (Y.) and MITSUOKA (T.): Taxonomic study of
*Bacteroides* *oralis* and related organisms and proposal of *Bacteroides* *veroralis* sp. nov. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1983, **33**, 57-64.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-1-57)
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[¤](prevotella.html#veroralis) *Prevotella* *veroralis* (Watabe *et al.* 1983) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
[Bacteroides vulgatus Eggerth and Gagnon 1933, ] *species*.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20vulgatus&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 8482](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/8482.aspx)= BCRC (formerly CCRC) 12903 = CCUG 4940 = CIP 103714 = [DSM 1447](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-1447.html) = IFO (now NBRC) 14291 = JCM 5826 = LMG 7956 = LMG 17767 = NCTC 11154.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AJ867050](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AJ867050&cmd=Search&db=nuccore), [CP000139](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=CP000139&cmd=Search&db=nuccore) (complete genome).
Etymology: L. masc. adj.
*vulgatus* (from L. v. *vulgo*), common (referring to the frequent occurrence of the species in fecal flora).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1980, **30**, 225-420 ( [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225) - [Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname)). [ [EGGERTH (A.H.) and GAGNON (B.H.): The bacteroides of human feces. Journal of Bacteriology, 1933, 25, 389-413](http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/25/4/389).]
[Bacteroides xylanisolvens Chassard ] *et al.* 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20xylanisolvens&restrict=1)) strain XB1A = CCUG 53782 = [DSM 18836](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18836.html) = JCM 15633.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[AM230650](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=AM230650&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. n.
*xylanum*, xylan, a vegetal polymer; L. part. adj. *solvens*, dissolving; N.L. part. adj. *xylanisolvens*, xylan-dissolving, referring to the ability of the micro-organism to degrade xylan.
Reference: CHASSARD (C.), DELMAS (E.), LAWSON (P.A.) and BERNALIER-DONADILLE (A.):
*Bacteroides* *xylanisolvens* sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from human faeces. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2008, **58**, 1008-1013.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65504-0)
[Bacteroides xylanolyticus Scholten-Koerselman ] *et al.* 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20xylanolyticus&restrict=1)) strain X5-1 = CCUG 48289 = [DSM 3808](https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-3808.html).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[HF558386](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=HF558386&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n.
*xylanum*, xylan; N.L. adj. *lyticus* - *a* - *um* (from Gr. adj. *lutikos* - *ê* - *on*), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. *xylanolyticus*, xylan-dissolving.
References: VALIDATION LIST no. 24.
*Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1988, **38**, 136-137. [SCHOLTEN-KOERSELMAN (I.), HOUWAARD (F.), JANSSEN (P.) and ZEHNDER (A.J.B.): *Bacteroides* *xylanolyticus* sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium from methane producing cattle manure. *Antonie* *van* *Leeuwenhoek* *J. Microbiol.*, 1986, **52**, 543-554.]
[Validation List no. 24 in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-1-136) - [Effective publication Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00423415)
Note: The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with the family
[¤](lachnospiraceae.html) *Lachnospiraceae* (98.5% similarity against [¤](clostridium.html#aerotolerans) *Clostridium* *aerotolerans*).
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names.
*Syst. Appl. Microbiol.*, 2013, **36**, 69-73.
[Publication online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2012.12.006)
[Bacteroides zoogleoformans (Weinberg ] *et al.* 1937) Cato *et al.* 1982, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also
[StrainInfo.net](http://www.straininfo.net/taxonGet.jsp?taxon=Bacteroides%20zoogleoformans&restrict=1)) strain [ATCC 33285](http://www.atcc.org/products/all/33285.aspx)= CCUG 20495 = CIP 104479 = JCM 16136 = NCTC 13075 = VPI D28K-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain:
[L16488](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?term=L16488&cmd=Search&db=nuccore).
Basonym:
[¤](capsularis.html#zoogleoformans) *Capsularis* *zoogleoformans* corrig. (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "
*Bacterium* *zoogleiformans*" Weinberg *et al.* 1937.
Etymology: Gr. adj.
*zôos*, alive, living; Gr. masc. noun *gloios*, any glutinous substance, gum, glue; N.L. fem. n. *zoogleoea*, inhabitant of glue, zoogloea; L. part. adj. *formans*, forming; N.L. part. adj. *zoogleoformans*, forming zoogloea (pertaining to the glutinous mass produced in broth cultures).
Reference: CATO (E.P.), KELLEY (R.W.), MOORE (W.E.C.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.):
*Bacteroides* *zoogleoformans* (Weinberg, Nativelle, and Prévot 1937) corrig. comb. nov.: emended description. *Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.*, 1982, **32**, 271-274.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-3-271)
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[¤](prevotella.html#zoogleoformans) *Prevotella* *zoogleoformans* (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Shah and Collins 1990, comb. nov.
Note: The Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods recommends that
*Prevotella* *zoogleoformans* (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Shah and Collins 1990 be designated *Bacteroides* *zoogleoformans* (Weinberg *et al.* 1937) Cato *et al.* 1982.
Reference: OLSEN (I.) and SHAH (H.N.): International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meetings, 9 and 10 July 2000, Manchester, UK.
*Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.*, 2001, **51**, 1943-1944.
[Original article in IJSEM Online](http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-5-1943)