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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacteroides denticanum"

Name: "Bacteroides denticanum" Kitahara et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: den.ti.ca’num. N.L. gen. masc./fem. pl. n. denticanum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des den-ti-KA-num, masculine

Original publication: Kitahara M, Sakamoto M, Ike M, Sakata S, Benno Y. Bacteroides plebeius sp. nov. and Bacteroides coprocola sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2143-2147. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Kitahara M, Sakamoto M, Ike M, Sakata S, Benno Y. Bacteroides plebeius sp. nov. and Bacteroides coprocola sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2143-2147. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 19298

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