Genus Alloprevotella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Alloprevotella Downes et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Alloprevotella tannerae (Moore et al. 1994) Downes et al. 2013.
Etymology: Gr. adj. allos, different; N.L. fem. n. Prevotella, a bacterial generic name; N.L. fem. n. Alloprevotella, organism different from, but related to, the genus Prevotella.
Valid publication: DOWNES (J.), DEWHIRST (F.E.), TANNER (A.C.R.) and WADE (W.G.): Description of Alloprevotella rava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity, and reclassification of Prevotella tannerae Moore et al. 1994 as Alloprevotella tannerae gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1214-1218.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Alloprevotella rava Downes et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 81/4-12 = CCUG 58091 = DSM 22548.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ039189.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. rava, grey, referring to the colour of colonies of the organism growing on blood-containing agar media.
Valid publication: DOWNES (J.), DEWHIRST (F.E.), TANNER (A.C.R.) and WADE (W.G.): Description of Alloprevotella rava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity, and reclassification of Prevotella tannerae Moore et al. 1994 as Alloprevotella tannerae gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1214-1218.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Alloprevotella tannerae (Moore et al. 1994) Downes et al. 2013, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 51259= CCUG 34292 = CIP 104476 = NCTC 13073.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ005634.
Basonym: ¤ Prevotella tannerae Moore et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. tannerae, of Tanner, in honor of Anne C. R. Tanner, a United States microbiologist.
Valid publication: DOWNES (J.), DEWHIRST (F.E.), TANNER (A.C.R.) and WADE (W.G.): Description of Alloprevotella rava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity, and reclassification of Prevotella tannerae Moore et al. 1994 as Alloprevotella tannerae gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1214-1218.
Original article in IJSEM Online