Species Bacteroides melaninogenicus
Name: Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacterium melaninogenicum" Oliver and Wherry 1921
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. melaninum, melanin; N.L. adj. genicus -a -um, producing; from Gr. n. genetês, a begetter; N.L. masc. adj. melaninogenicus, melanin producing (black pigment is due to protoheme and not to melanin, as originally thought.)
Type strain: ATCC 25845; CCUG 4944; CCUG 4944 B; CIP 105346; DSM 7089; JCM 6325; NCTC 12963; strain Finegold B282; VPI 15087; VPI 4196
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547693
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FASTA 
Original publication: Roy TE, Kelly CD. Genus VIII. Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 556-558.
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: Prevotella melaninogenica (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1990
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacterium melaninogenicum" Oliver and Wherry 1921 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Prevotella melaninogenica (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1990 homotypic synonym, validly published
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Emendations:
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Holdeman and Johnson 1982
Holdeman LV, Johnson JL. Description of Bacteroides loescheii sp. nov. and emendation of the descriptions of Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry) Roy and Kelly 1939 and Bacteroides denticola Shah and Collins 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:399-409.
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Holdeman and Johnson 1982
Holdeman LV, Johnson JL. Description of Bacteroides loescheii sp. nov. and emendation of the descriptions of Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry) Roy and Kelly 1939 and Bacteroides denticola Shah and Collins 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:399-409.
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Notes:
- Bacteroides melaninogenicus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Bacteroides.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus" Holdeman and Moore 1970 not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. intermedius Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published synonym Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. macacae Slots and Genco 1980 validly published synonym Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published orphaned subspecies
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Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Roy TE, Kelly CD. Genus VIII. Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 556-558.
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Record number: 773956