Genus Pseudoflavonifractor
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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").
Pseudoflavonifractor Carlier et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus (Tissier 1908) Carlier et al. 2010.
Etymology: Gr. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. masc. n. Flavonifractor, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Pseudoflavonifractor, a false Flavonifractor.
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
Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus (Tissier 1908) Carlier et al. 2010, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29799= CCUG 15402 A = VPI R2-29-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY136666.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides capillosus (Tissier 1908) Kelly 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other 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.
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: In the paper by Carlier et al. 2010, the type strain CCUG 15402 A is erroneously cited as CCUG 15402A.