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Species Bacteroides distasonis
Name: Bacteroides distasonis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: dis.ta.so’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. distasonis, of Distaso, named after A. Distaso, a Romanian bacteriologist
Type strain: ATCC 8503; CCUG 4941; CIP 104284; DSM 20701; JCM 5825; NCTC 11152
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU136681
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Eggerth AH, Gagnon BH. The Bacteroides of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1933; 25:389-413. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Parabacteroides distasonis (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Sakamoto and Benno 2006
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Parabacteroides distasonis (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Sakamoto and Benno 2006 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides distasonis 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 108 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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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Eggerth AH, Gagnon BH. The Bacteroides of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1933; 25:389-413.
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Record number: 785239
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