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Species Bacteroides asaccharolyticus
Name: Bacteroides asaccharolyticus (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Finegold and Barnes 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus" Holdeman and Moore 1970
Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. asaccharolyticus, not digesting sugar
Pronunciation, gender: a-sak-kha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 25260; CCUG 7834; DSM 20707; JCM 6326; LMG 13178
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547653
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Finegold SM, Barnes EM. Proposal that the saccharolytic and asaccharolytic strains at present classified in the species as Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Bacteroides asaccharolyticus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:388-391. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Porphyromonas asaccharolytica (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1988
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus" Holdeman and Moore 1970 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank Porphyromonas asaccharolytica (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1988 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides asaccharolyticus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacteroides.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 69 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🥱 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more (but still isn't preferred) in favour of Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Roy TE, Kelly CD. Genus VIII. Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 556-558.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Finegold SM, Barnes EM. Proposal that the saccharolytic and asaccharolytic strains at present classified in the species as Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Bacteroides asaccharolyticus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:388-391.
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Record number: 773929
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