Genus Flavonifractor
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Flavonifractor Carlier et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Flavonifractor plautii (Séguin 1928) Carlier et al. 2010.
Etymology: N.L. n. flavonum, flavone; L. masc. n. fractor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Flavonifractor, flavone-breaker.
Valid publication: CARLIER (J.P.), BEDORA-FAURE (M.), K’OUAS (G.), ALAUZET (C.) and MORY (F.): Proposal to unify Clostridium orbiscindens Winter et al. 1991 and Eubacterium plautii (Seguin 1928) Hofstad and Aasjord 1982, with description of Flavonifractor plautii gen. nov., comb. nov., and reassignment of Bacteroides capillosus to Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 585-590.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Flavonifractor plautii (Séguin 1928) Carlier et al. 2010, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Prévot S1 = ATCC 29863= CCUG 28093 = DSM 4000 = VPI 0310.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY724678.
Basonym: ¤ Fusobacterium plautii corrig. Séguin 1928 (Approved Lists 1980).
Another homotypic synonym: ¤ Eubacterium plautii (Séguin 1928) Hofstad and Aasjord 1982.
Other synonyms: "Bacille de Plaut, Kritchevsky and Séguin 1921", "Bacillus plauti" (sic) Séguin 1928, "Fusocillus plauti" (sic) (Séguin 1928) Prévot 1938, "Zuberella plauti" (sic) (Séguin 1928) Sebald 1962.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. plautii, of Plaut; named for H.C. Plaut, the bacteriologist who first described this organism.
Valid publication: CARLIER (J.P.), BEDORA-FAURE (M.), K’OUAS (G.), ALAUZET (C.) and MORY (F.): Proposal to unify Clostridium orbiscindens Winter et al. 1991 and Eubacterium plautii (Seguin 1928) Hofstad and Aasjord 1982, with description of Flavonifractor plautii gen. nov., comb. nov., and reassignment of Bacteroides capillosus to Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 585-590.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Flavonifractor plautii (Séguin 1928) Carlier et al. 2010 includes strains previously classified as ¤ Clostridium orbiscindens Winter et al. 1991.