Species Bacteroides oulorum

Name: Bacteroides oulorum Shah et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. oulon, the gums; N.L. gen. pl. n. oulorum, of the gums

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43324; CCUG 54769; CIP 104477; DSM 19148; JCM 14966; NCTC 11871; WPH 179

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16S rRNA gene: AB547702 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shah HN, Collins MD, Watabe J, Mitsuoka T. Bacteroides oulorum sp. nov., a nonpigmented saccharolytic species from the oral cavity. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:193-197.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Prevotella oulorum corrig. (Shah et al. 1985) Shah and Collins 1990

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Prevotella oulorum corrig. (Shah et al. 1985) Shah and Collins 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published
Prevotella oulora (Shah et al. 1985) Shah and Collins 1990	homotypic synonym, orthographic variant

Notes:
- Bacteroides oulorum is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Bacteroides.
- There are some problems with the type strain of Prevotella oulorum. According to the CCUG, the type strain should be the following: Holbrook 179 = WPH 179 = ATCC 43324 = CCUG 54769 = JCM 14966 = NCTC 12747. Publication: Shah HN, Collins DM. Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:205-208.
- There are some problems with the type strain of Prevotella oulorum. According to the CCUG, the type strain should be the following: Holbrook 179 WPH 179 ATCC 43324 CCUG 54769 JCM 14966 NCTC 12747. Publication: Shah HN, Collins DM. Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:205-208.

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

Assigned by: Shah HN, Collins MD, Watabe J, Mitsuoka T. Bacteroides oulorum sp. nov., a nonpigmented saccharolytic species from the oral cavity. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:193-197.

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