Species Bacteroides corporis

Name: Bacteroides corporis Johnson and Holdeman 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cor’po.ris. L. neut. n. corpus (gen. corporis), body; L. gen. neut. n. corporis, of the body, pertaining to the isolation of this organism from human clinical specimens

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des KOR-po-ris, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33547; CIP 105107; DSM 18810; JCM 8529; Lambe 532-70A; NCTC 13065; VPI 9342

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547677 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Bacteroides intermedius comb. nov. and descriptions of Bacteroides corporis sp. nov. and Bacteroides levii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:15-25. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Prevotella corporis (Johnson and Holdeman 1983) Shah and Collins 1990

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Prevotella corporis (Johnson and Holdeman 1983) Shah and Collins 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides corporis 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 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.

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

Assigned by: Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Bacteroides intermedius comb. nov. and descriptions of Bacteroides corporis sp. nov. and Bacteroides levii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:15-25. 🇺🇸

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.783442Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 783442

This LPSN page was printed on 2026-09-15 18:30:47

Support LPSN

Species Bacteroides corporis