Genus Parabacteroides
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 8
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Parabacteroides Sakamoto and Benno 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Parabacteroides distasonis (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Sakamoto and Benno 2006.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. masc. n. Bacteroides, a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Parabacteroides, resembling the genus Bacteroides.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.): Reclassification of Bacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides goldsteinii and Bacteroides merdae as Parabacteroides distasonis gen. nov., comb. nov., Parabacteroides goldsteinii comb. nov. and Parabacteroides merdae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1599-1605.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Parabacteroides chartae Tan et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NS31-3 = DSM 24967 = JCM 17797.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN029805.
Etymology: L. gen. n. chartae, of/from paper, pertaining to paper milling.
Valid publication: TAN (H.Q.), LI (T.T.), ZHU (C.), ZHANG (X.Q.), WU (M.) and ZHU (X.F.): Parabacteroides chartae sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic species from wastewater of a paper mill. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2613-2617.
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Parabacteroides chinchillae Kitahara et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ST166=JCM 17104=CCUG 62154.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB574482.
Etymology: N.L. n. Chinchilla, the zoological genus name of the chinchilla; N.L. gen. n. chinchillae, of a chinchilla.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: KITAHARA, M., SAKAMOTO, M., TSUCHIDA, S., KAWASUMI, K., AMAO, H., BENNO, Y. and OHKUMA, M. 2013. Parabacteroides chinchillae sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla (Chincilla lanigera) faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3470-3474.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 8503= CCUG 4941 = CIP 104284 = DSM 20701 = JCM 5825 = NCTC 11152.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB238922, CP000140 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides distasonis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other 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. n. distasonis, of Distaso, named after A. Distaso, a Romanian bacteriologist.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.): Reclassification of Bacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides goldsteinii and Bacteroides merdae as Parabacteroides distasonis gen. nov., comb. nov., Parabacteroides goldsteinii comb. nov. and Parabacteroides merdae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1599-1605.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Parabacteroides faecis Sakamoto et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 157=JCM 18682=CCUG 66681.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB739697.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. gen. n. faecis, of dregs, of faeces, referring to faecal origin.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., TANAKA, Y., BENNO, Y. and OHKUMA, M. 2015. Parabacteroides faecis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1342-1346.
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Parabacteroides goldsteinii (Song et al. 2006) Sakamoto and Benno 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WAL 12034 = ATCC BAA-1180 = CCUG 48944 = JCM 13446.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY974070.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides goldsteinii Song et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. goldsteinii, of Ellie J. C. Goldstein, in honor of the outstanding infectious disease clinician who has done a lot of work with anaerobes.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.): Reclassification of Bacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides goldsteinii and Bacteroides merdae as Parabacteroides distasonis gen. nov., comb. nov., Parabacteroides goldsteinii comb. nov. and Parabacteroides merdae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1599-1605.
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Parabacteroides gordonii Sakamoto et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MS-1 = CCUG 57478 = JCM 15724.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB470343.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. gordonii, of Gordon, named after the American biologist Jeffrey I. Gordon, in recognition of his many contributions to intestinal microbiology.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO (M.), SUZUKI (N.), MATSUNAGA (N.), KOSHIHARA (K.), SEKI (M.), KOMIYA (H.) and BENNO (Y.): Parabacteroides gordonii sp. nov., isolated from human blood cultures. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2843-2847.
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Parabacteroides johnsonii Sakamoto et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M-165 = DSM 18315 = JCM 13406.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB261128.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. johnsonii, of Johnson, named after the American molecular taxonomist John L. Johnson, who was the first to describe Bacteroides merdae (Parabacteroides merdae).
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO (M.), KITAHARA (M.) and BENNO (Y.): Parabacteroides johnsonii sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 293-296.
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Parabacteroides merdae (Johnson et al. 1986) Sakamoto and Benno 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 43184= CCUG 38734 = CIP 104202 = JCM 9497 = NCTC 13052 = VPI T4-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB238928.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides merdae Johnson et al. 1986.
Etymology: L. gen. n. merdae, of feces, referring to source of isolate.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO (M.) and BENNO (Y.): Reclassification of Bacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides goldsteinii and Bacteroides merdae as Parabacteroides distasonis gen. nov., comb. nov., Parabacteroides goldsteinii comb. nov. and Parabacteroides merdae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1599-1605.
Original article in IJSEM Online