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Species Bacteroides buccalis
Name: Bacteroides buccalis Shah and Collins 1982
Etymology: buc.ca’lis. L. fem. n. bucca, the mouth; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. buccalis, buccal, pertaining to the mouth
Type strain: ATCC 35310; CCUG 15557; DSM 20616; HS4; JCM 12246; NCDO 2354; NCFB 2354; NCTC 13064
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547676
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Shah HN, Collins MD. Bacteroides buccalis, sp. nov., Bacteroides denticola, sp. nov., and Bacteroides pentosaceus, sp. nov., new species of the genus Bacteroides from the oral cavity. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:235-241. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Prevotella buccalis (Shah and Collins 1982) Shah and Collins 1990
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Prevotella buccalis (Shah and Collins 1982) Shah and Collins 1990 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Hoylesella buccalis (Shah and Collins 1982) Hitch et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides buccalis 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: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
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🧍 The strain NCDO 2354, cited in Validation List no. 8, does not appear in the UKNCC Strain databases or in The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Shah HN, Collins MD. Bacteroides buccalis, sp. nov., Bacteroides denticola, sp. nov., and Bacteroides pentosaceus, sp. nov., new species of the genus Bacteroides from the oral cavity. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:235-241.
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Record number: 773933
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