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Genus Oribacterium
Name: Oribacterium Carlier et al. 2004
Etymology: O.ri.bac.te’ri.um. L. gen. neut. n. oris, of the mouth; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Oribacterium, small rod from the mouth, because all clone sequences originated from the mouth
Gender: neuter (stem: Oribacteri-)
Type species: Oribacterium sinus Carlier et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Carlier JP, K'ouas G, Bonne I, Lozniewski A, Mory F. Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family 'Lachnospiraceae' (phylum Firmicutes). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1611-1615. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Sizova et al. 2014
Sizova MV, Muller PA, Stancyk D, Panikov NS, Mandalakis M, Hazen A, Hohmann T, Doerfert SN, Fowle W, Earl AM, et al. 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 2014; 64:2642-2649.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Sizova et al. 2014
Sizova MV, Muller PA, Stancyk D, Panikov NS, Mandalakis M, Hazen A, Hohmann T, Doerfert SN, Fowle W, Earl AM, et al. 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 2014; 64:2642-2649.
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oribabacterium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 2; CIP: 1; CCUG: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Oribacterium asaccharolyticum Sizova et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Oribacterium parvum Sizova et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Oribacterium sinus Carlier et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921.
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Record number: 516224
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