Species "Bacteroides biformis"

Name: "Bacteroides biformis" Eggerth 1935

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.for’mis. L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, of the shape of; L. masc./fem. adj. biformis, two-shaped, two-formed (pertaining to cellular morphology)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27806; CCUG 28091; DSM 3989

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16S rRNA gene: M59230 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Eggerth AH. The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1935; 30:277-299.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Correct name: Holdemanella biformis (Eggerth 1935) De Maesschalck et al. 2014

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Holdemanella biformis (Eggerth 1935) De Maesschalck et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eggerth AH. The Gram-positive Non-spore-bearing Anaerobic Bacilli of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1935; 30:277-299.

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Record number: 4178

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