Species Bacteroides microfusus

Name: Bacteroides microfusus Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.fu.sus. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); L. masc. n. fusus, a spindle; N.L. masc. n. microfusus, a small spindle (referring to cellular morphology) (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29728; CCUG 54772; DSM 15922; JCM 2053; NCTC 11190

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16S rRNA gene: AB971798 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kaneuchi C, Mitsuoka T. Bacteroides microfusus, a new species from the intestines of calves, chickens, and Japanese quails. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:478-481.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rikenella microfusus (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978) Collins et al. 1985

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rikenella microfusus (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978) Collins et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides microfusus 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Kaneuchi C, Mitsuoka T. Bacteroides microfusus, a new species from the intestines of calves, chickens, and Japanese quails. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:478-481.

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Record number: 773961

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