Species Bacteroides merdae

Name: Bacteroides merdae Johnson et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mer’dae. L. gen. fem. n. merdae, of feces, referring to source of isolate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43184; CCUG 38734; CIP 104202; DSM 19495; JCM 9497; NCTC 13052; VPI T4-1

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16S rRNA gene: EU136685 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Moore LVH. Bacteroides caccae sp. nov., Bacteroides merdae sp. nov., and Bacteroides stercoris sp. nov. isolated from human feces. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:499-501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parabacteroides merdae (Johnson et al. 1986) Sakamoto and Benno 2006

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parabacteroides merdae (Johnson et al. 1986) Sakamoto and Benno 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides merdae 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Moore LVH. Bacteroides caccae sp. nov., Bacteroides merdae sp. nov., and Bacteroides stercoris sp. nov. isolated from human feces. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:499-501.

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Record number: 795956

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