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Species "Bacterium melaninogenicum"
Name: "Bacterium melaninogenicum" Oliver and Wherry 1921
Etymology: Gr. neut. adj. genikon; N.L. neut. adj. melaninogenicum, melanin producing (black pigment is due to protoheme and not to melanin, as originally thought.)
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25845; CCUG 4944; CCUG 4944 B; CIP 105346; DSM 7089; Finegold B282; JCM 6325; NCTC 12963; VPI 15087; VPI 4196
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547693
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FASTA
Original publication:
Oliver WW, Wherry WB. Notes on some bacterial parasites of the human mucous membranes. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1921; 28:341-344. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Prevotella melaninogenica (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1990
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Prevotella melaninogenica (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1990 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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.
Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831
Assigned by:
Oliver WW, Wherry WB. Notes on some bacterial parasites of the human mucous membranes. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1921; 28:341-344.
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Record number: 4081
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