Species Bacteroides levii

Name: Bacteroides levii (ex Holdeman et al. 1977) Johnson and Holdeman 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: lev’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. levii, of Lev, named after Meir Lev, the American-English microbiologist, who first isolated this organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29147; DSM 23370; LEV

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ792536 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Bacteroides intermedius comb. nov. and descriptions of Bacteroides corporis sp. nov. and Bacteroides levii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:15-25.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Porphyromonas levii (Johnson and Holdeman 1983 ex Holdeman et al. 1977) Shah et al. 1995

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Porphyromonas levii (Johnson and Holdeman 1983 ex Holdeman et al. 1977) Shah et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides levii 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 = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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, note = "ht".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Bacteroides intermedius comb. nov. and descriptions of Bacteroides corporis sp. nov. and Bacteroides levii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:15-25.

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Record number: 783449

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