Species ***Bacteroides* *finegoldii***

Name: Bacteroides finegoldii Bakir et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.ne.gol’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. finegoldii, of Finegold, in honour of Dr Sydney M. Finegold, a contemporary researcher in anaerobic bacteriology and an infectious diseases clinician

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des fi-ne-GOL-di-i, masculine

Type strain: 199; DSM 17565; JCM 13345

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB222699 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bakir MA, Kitahara M, Sakamoto M, Matsumoto M, Benno Y. Bacteroides finegoldii sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:931-935. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species was isolated from feces in healthy individuals. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Bakir MA, Kitahara M, Sakamoto M, Matsumoto M, Benno Y. Bacteroides finegoldii sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:931-935. 🇯🇵

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Species Bacteroides finegoldii

Species ***Bacteroides* *finegoldii***