Species Bacteroides distasonis

Name: Bacteroides distasonis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis.ta.so’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. distasonis, of Distaso, named after A. Distaso, a Romanian bacteriologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8503; CCUG 4941; CIP 104284; DSM 20701; JCM 5825; NCTC 11152

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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

Correct name: Parabacteroides distasonis (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Sakamoto and Benno 2006

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parabacteroides distasonis (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Sakamoto and Benno 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 108 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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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