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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacteroides cutis"

Name: "Bacteroides cutis" Belkacemi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu’tis. L. fem. n. cutis, skin, the site from which strain Marseille-P4118 T was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: KU-tis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P4118; Marseille P4118

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16S rRNA gene: LT908453 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Belkacemi S, Cassir N, Delerce J, Cadoret F, La Scola B. 'Bacteroides cutis,' a new bacterial species isolated from human skin. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 22:17-18.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Belkacemi S, Cassir N, Delerce J, Cadoret F, La Scola B. 'Bacteroides cutis,' a new bacterial species isolated from human skin. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 22:17-18.

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Record number: 2392
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