Species Bacteroides hypermegas
Name: Bacteroides hypermegas Harrison and Hansen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. pref. huper, very, excessive; Gr. adj. megas, great, big; N.L. masc. adj. hypermegas, excessively great, referring to the large cells
Type strain: ATCC 25560; CCUG 5856; DSM 1672; LMG 3890; NCTC 10570
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ420107
Analyse
FASTA 
Original publication: Harrison Jr. AP, Hansen PA. Bacteroides hypermegas nov. spec. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1963; 29:22-28.
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
Correct name: Megamonas hypermegale corrig. (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983
-
Synonyms:
-
Name Kind Megamonas hypermegas (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983 homotypic synonym, orthographic variant Megamonas hypermegale corrig. (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983 homotypic synonym, validly published
-
-
Notes:
- Bacteroides hypermegas is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Bacteroides.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Harrison Jr. AP, Hansen PA. Bacteroides hypermegas nov. spec. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1963; 29:22-28.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/bacteroides-hypermegasLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 773950