Genus Oribacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Oribacterium Carlier et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oribacterium sinus Carlier et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. neut. n. os oris, the mouth; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Oribacterium, small rod from the mouth.
Valid publication: CARLIER (J.P.), K'OUAS (G.), BONNE (I.), LOZNIEWSKI (A.) and MORY (F.): Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family 'Lachnospiraceae' (phylum Firmicutes). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1611-1615.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Oribacterium Carlier et al. 2004 emend. Sizova et al. 2014.
Reference: SIZOVA, M. V., MULLER, P. A., STANCYK, D., PANIKOV, N. S., MANDALAKIS, M., HAZEN, A., HOHMANN, T., DOERFERT, S. N., FOWLE, W., EARL, A. M., NELSON, K. E. and EPSTEIN, S. S. 2014. Oribacterium parvum sp. nov. and Oribacterium asaccharolyticum sp. nov., obligately anaerobic bacteria from the human oral cavity, and emended description of the genus Oribacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2642-2649.
Original article.
Oribacterium asaccharolyticum Sizova et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACB7=DSM 24638=HM-482=ATCC BAA-2639.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM120211.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: NZ_AFZD00000000.
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. saccharon, sugar; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to lyse (from Gr. adj. lytikos, able to loosen); N.L. neut. adj. asaccharolyticum, not digesting sugar.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SIZOVA, M. V., MULLER, P. A., STANCYK, D., PANIKOV, N. S., MANDALAKIS, M., HAZEN, A., HOHMANN, T., DOERFERT, S. N., FOWLE, W., EARL, A. M., NELSON, K. E. and EPSTEIN, S. S. 2014. Oribacterium parvum sp. nov. and Oribacterium asaccharolyticum sp. nov., obligately anaerobic bacteria from the human oral cavity, and emended description of the genus Oribacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2642-2649.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oribacterium parvum Sizova et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACB1=DSM 24637=HM-481=ATCC BAA-2638.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM120210.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: NZ_AFZC00000000.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. parvum, small, little.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SIZOVA, M. V., MULLER, P. A., STANCYK, D., PANIKOV, N. S., MANDALAKIS, M., HAZEN, A., HOHMANN, T., DOERFERT, S. N., FOWLE, W., EARL, A. M., NELSON, K. E. and EPSTEIN, S. S. 2014. Oribacterium parvum sp. nov. and Oribacterium asaccharolyticum sp. nov., obligately anaerobic bacteria from the human oral cavity, and emended description of the genus Oribacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2642-2649.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oribacterium sinus Carlier et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AIP 354.02 = CCUG 48084 = CIP 107991.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY323228.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sinus, of the sinus, referring to the anatomical site from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: CARLIER (J.P.), K'OUAS (G.), BONNE (I.), LOZNIEWSKI (A.) and MORY (F.): Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family 'Lachnospiraceae' (phylum Firmicutes). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1611-1615.
Original article in IJSEM Online