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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacteroides mucinivorans

Name: Bacteroides mucinivorans Yang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.ci.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. mucinum, mucin; L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. masc. part. adj. mucinivorans, mucin-eating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mu-ki-NI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: CG01; JCM 36010; KCTC 15613

16S rRNA gene: OR272335 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yang AI, Kim B, Kang W, Joe HI, Shin NR. Bacteroides celer sp. nov. and Bacteroides mucinivorans sp. nov., isolated from human feces, and the reclassification of Bacteroides koreensis Shin et al. 2017 and Bacteroides kribbi Shin et al. 2017 as later heterotypic synonyms of Bacteroides ovatus Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). J Microbiol 2025; 63:e2502006. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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

Assigned by: Yang AI, Kim B, Kang W, Joe HI, Shin NR. Bacteroides celer sp. nov. and Bacteroides mucinivorans sp. nov., isolated from human feces, and the reclassification of Bacteroides koreensis Shin et al. 2017 and Bacteroides kribbi Shin et al. 2017 as later heterotypic synonyms of Bacteroides ovatus Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). J Microbiol 2025; 63:e2502006. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 66438
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