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: X83954 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- Bacteroides merdae 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 = 1, note = "+".

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