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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacteroides mediterraneensis"

Name: "Bacteroides mediterraneensis" Mailhe et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.ter.ra.ne.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. mediterraneensis, from Mare Mediterraneum, the Latin name of the Mediterranean sea

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P3108; DSM 103636; Marseille P3108

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Original publication: Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Vitton V, Fournier PE, Khelaifia S, Raoult D. 'Bacteroides mediterraneensis' sp. nov., a new human-associated bacterium isolated from ileum specimen. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:48-50.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Bacteroides mediterraneensis" Andrieu et al. 2018

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

Assigned by: Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Vitton V, Fournier PE, Khelaifia S, Raoult D. 'Bacteroides mediterraneensis' sp. nov., a new human-associated bacterium isolated from ileum specimen. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:48-50.

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Record number: 43042
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