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Species Bacteroides furcosus
Name: Bacteroides furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus furcosus" Veillon and Zuber 1898
Etymology: fur.co.sus. L. masc. adj. furcosus, full of forks, forked (pertaining to cell shape)
Type strain: ATCC 25662; VPI 3253
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GU585668
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Hauduroy P, Ehringer G, Urbain A, Guillot G, Magrou J. Dictionnaire des bactéries pathogènes. Masson and Co., Paris, 1937.
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: Anaerorhabdus furcosa corrig. (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Anaerorhabdus furcosa corrig. (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Anaerorhabdus furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Bacillus furcosus" Veillon and Zuber 1898 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides furcosus 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 0 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.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Hauduroy P, Ehringer G, Urbain A, Guillot G, Magrou J. Dictionnaire des bactéries pathogènes. Masson and Co., Paris, 1937.
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Record number: 783445
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