Species Bacteroides oralis

Name: Bacteroides oralis Loesche et al. 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ra’lis L. neut. n. os (gen. oris), the mouth; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; L. masc./fem. adj. oralis, pertaining to the mouth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33269; CCUG 15408; DSM 20702; JCM 12251; NCTC 11459; VPI D27B-24

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16S rRNA gene: AB547698 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Loesche WJ, Socransky SS, Gibbons RJ. BACTEROIDES ORALIS, PROPOSED NEW SPECIES ISOLATED FROM THE ORAL CAVITY OF MAN. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:1329-1337.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Prevotella oralis (Loesche et al. 1964) Shah and Collins 1990

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Prevotella oralis (Loesche et al. 1964) Shah and Collins 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published

Notes:
- Bacteroides oralis 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".

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

Assigned by: Loesche WJ, Socransky SS, Gibbons RJ. BACTEROIDES ORALIS, PROPOSED NEW SPECIES ISOLATED FROM THE ORAL CAVITY OF MAN. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:1329-1337.

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Record number: 773965