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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Alistipes dispar

Name: Alistipes dispar Sakamoto et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis’par. L. masc. adj. dispar, dissimilar, different

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-STI-pes DIS-par, masculine

Type strain: 5CPEGH6; DSM 108978; JCM 32848

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16S rRNA gene: LC468801 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Ogata Y, Suda W, Iino T, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. Alistipes communis sp. nov., Alistipes dispar sp. nov. and Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. vulgaris subsp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and creation of Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. onderdonkii subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:473-480. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Alistipes Rautio et al. 2003

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Ikeyama N, Ogata Y, Suda W, Iino T, Hattori M, Ohkuma M. Alistipes communis sp. nov., Alistipes dispar sp. nov. and Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. vulgaris subsp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and creation of Alistipes onderdonkii subsp. onderdonkii subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:473-480. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 5708

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